Saint Yangzhi Lang
Also known as
- Lang-Yang-Cheu
- 16 July
- 28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
Profile
Lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. She married Christian man, became a catechumen, and became a local model of Christian charity. Mother of Saint Paulus Lang Fu. Martyred in the anti–Christian persecutions of the Boxer Rebellion.
Born
- tied to an ash tree, stabbed with spears, and body thrown into her house which the killers set on fire, on 16 July 1900 in Lujiapo, Qinghe, Hebei, China
- remains recovered from the burned house by her husband, and buried nearby
- 22 February 1955 by Pope Pius XII (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Saint Yangzhi Lang“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 January 2022. Web. 17 April 2024. <>