Saint Peter Sans i Jordá
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- Also known as
- Pedro Sanz
- Memorial
- 26 May;
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
- Profile
- Joined the Dominicans in 1697.
Ordained on 24 September 1704.
Missionary to the Philippines in 1712.
Missionary to China in 1713.
Coadjutor vicar apostolic of Fo-Kien, China on 29 January 1728.
Bishop coadjutor on 24 February 1730; titular bishop of Mauricastro.
Vicar apostolic of Fo-Kien on 3 January 1732.
Imprisoned for his faith and his work in 1746.
One of the Martyrs of China.
- Born
- 22 September 1680 in Ascó, Catalonia, Spain
- Died
- beheaded on 26 May 1747 in Fuzou, China
- Beatified
- 14 May 1893
- Canonized
- 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
- Additional Information
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Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
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- The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
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