Paul Liu Jinde
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the territory of Langziqiao near Hengshui in the province of Hebei in China, Saint Paul Liu Jinde, martyr, who, already advanced in age, had remained the only Christian in the village during the Boxer persecution; going out then to meet his persecutors with his rosary and prayer book in hand, he greeted them in the Christian way and for this was killed by them on the spot.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 13 July as an elderly Christian, the last in his village, killed on the spot by the Boxers after greeting them with rosary and prayer book in hand.
Connected on this site
- 120 martyrs of China Saint honoured together
- Roman Martyrology, 13 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4271318 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.