Saint Ioannes Baptista Wu Mantang
Also known as: Ruohan; Wu Mantang Ioannes Baptista
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
June 29
Died
June 29, 1900
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
17 April 1955 by Pope Pius XII
Biography
Saint Ioannes Baptista Wu Mantang, also known as Ruohan or Wu Mantang Ioannes Baptista, was a young layman in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China. He was born around the year 1883 in Xihetou, Shenzhou, Hebei Province, China. Saint Ioannes was the son of Saint Paulus Wu Anju, a prominent Catholic from the same region....