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Also known as

• Marta Wang Louzhi
• Martha Wang Luoshi
• Mande

Memorial

• 29 July
• 28 September as one of the Martyrs of China

Profile

Married lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Guizhou, China. Widow. Carried letters from Blessed Joseph Tshang and Blessed John Baptist Lo to their bishop. Arrested for helping spread Christianity. Martyr.

Born

• c.1812 in Zunyi, Guizhou, China

Died

• tortured and beheaded on 29 July 1861 in Qingyian, Guiyang, Guizhou, China

Venerated

• 2 August 1908 by Pope Pius X (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 2 May 1909 by Pope Pius X

Canonized

• 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Saint Martha Wang“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 August 2023. Web. 30 April 2024. <>