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Also known as

• Lawrence Ouang
• Lawrence Wang Bing

Memorial

• 28 January
• 28 September as one of the Martyrs of China

Profile

Layman catechist in the apostolic vicariate of Guizhou. One of the Martyrs of China

Born

• c.1802 in Yuyang, Guizhou, China

Died

• beheaded on 28 January 1858 in Maokou, Langdai Co., Guizhou, China

Venerated

• 2 August 1908 by Pope Saint Pius X (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 2 May 1909 by Pope Saint Pius X

Canonized

• 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

• Catholic Online
• Hagiography Circle
• Hagiography Circle
• Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Lawrence Wang“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 January 2014. Web. 15 November 2018. <>