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Peter Liu Zeyu
SaintFull write-upDocumented cause
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1843
Died
1900
Beatified
17 April 1955
unverified
Canonised
1 October 2000
unverified
Who they were
In the territory of Zhujiaxiezhuang near Shenxian in the province of Hebei in China, Saint Peter Liu Zeyu, martyr, who in the Boxer persecution, despite his friends' attempts to dissuade him, remained firm in the Christian faith in the presence of the mandarin and for this was run through with the sword.
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 17 July as a Boxer-persecution martyr who stood firm in the faith before the mandarin and was put to the sword.
Connected on this site
- 120 martyrs of China Saint honoured together
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4271321 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.