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Also known as

• Teresa Zhang Hezhi
• Delan

Memorial

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

Profile

Married lay woman and mother in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. Dragged into a pagan temple and order to renounce Christianity, she refused. Martyr.

Born

• c.1864 in Yuan, Ningjing, Hebei, China

Died

• stabbed with a spear on 16 July 1900 in Zhangjiaji, Ningjing, Hebei, China

Venerated

• 22 February 1955 by Pope Pius XII (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 17 April 1955 by Pope Pius XII

Canonized

• 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Saint Teresia Zhang Heshi“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 January 2022. Web. 24 April 2024. <>