Saint Paulus Lang Fu

Saint Paulus Lang Fu, a child martyr of the Catholic Church, was born within the Apostolic Vicariate of Southeastern Zhili (present-day Hebei Province, China). As the seven-year-old son of Saint Yangzhi Lang, he grew up amidst the nascent Christian community in a region marked by deep faith and increasing persecution. His vocation, though unformed in the traditional sense, was defined by his innocent witness to the Gospel. During the violent anti-Christian uprisings of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, young Paulus courageously refused to renounce his faith, choosing instead to stand firm in his baptismal identity. He was marty