Saint Joachim Royo
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- Also known as
- Joachim Royo Perez;
Joachim Perez
- Memorial
- 28 October;
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
- Profile
- Dominican in Valencia, Spain in 1709.
Missionary to the Philippines in 1712, and then to China in 1715.
Worked with Saint Peter Sanz.
Priest.
Served his parishioners by night, hiding in tombs or secret rooms by day.
Imprisoned for two years for his faith beginning in 1746.
One of the Martyrs of China.
- Born
- 1691 at Teruel Spain
- Died
- tortured and strangled to death on 28 October 1748 in prison at Fu-tsheu, China
- Beatified
- 14 May 1893 by Pope Leo XIII
- Canonized
- 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
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- Readings
- He received us with joy.
We felt remorse about being forced to carry out the order of his execution, because we revered him as a very good and innocent man.
He constantly preached to us about the Christian religion.
In prison we always saw him praying to his God with a joyful countenance.
statement by the executioners of Saint Joachim
