Saint Paulus Liu Jinde
Also known as: Baolu; Paul
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
July 13
Died
July 13, 1900
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
17 April 1955 by Pope Pius XII
Biography
Saint Paulus Liu Jinde, also known as Baolu and Paul, was a married layman who lived in the apostolic vicariate of Southeastern Zhili, China during the late 19th century. He was born around the year 1821 in Lanziqiao, Hengshui, Hebei, China. During the tumultuous period of the Boxer Rebellion, which occurred from 1899 to 1901, Christianity and its followers faced intense persecution in China....