Raimundus Li Quanzhen | |
Titles: | Martyr |
Birth Date: | 1841 |
Birth Place: | Jiaohe, Hebei, China |
Death Place: | Jiaohe, Hebei, China |
Feast Day: | 30 June |
Venerated In: | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified Date: | 17 April 1955 |
Beatified Place: | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City |
Beatified By: | Pope Pius XII |
Canonized Date: | 1 October 2000 |
Canonized Place: | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City |
Canonized By: | Pope John Paul II |
Honorific-Prefix: | Saint |
Raimundus Li Quanzhen was layman and a devout Christian in the Apostolic Vicariate of Southeastern Zhili in Qing China, now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xianxian.[1] He was one of the first Christian martyrs during the Boxer Rebellion.[2] He is one of the Martyr Saints of China.[3]
Li was born in 1841 at Chentuncun, Jiaohe, Hebei, China.
On 30 June 1900, Li was beaten to death in Chentuncun, Jiaohe, Hebei, China.
Li was venerated on 22 February 1955 by Pope Pius XII as a martyr and beatified on 17 April 1955 by Pope Pius XII. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000 along with Mark Ji Tianxiang.