| LC control no. | n 85246033 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sanz, Pedro, 1680-1747 |
| Variant(s) | Sanz, Beato (Pedro), 1680-1747 Sanz, Petrus, 1680-1747 Sanz y Jordá, Pedro, 1680-1747 |
| Associated place | Lérida (Spain) |
| Located | Fujian Sheng (China) |
| Birth date | 1680 |
| Death date | 17470526 |
| Place of birth | Ascó (Spain) |
| Place of death | Fujian Sheng (China) |
| Field of activity | Christianity |
| Affiliation | Dominicans |
| Profession or occupation | Priests Martyrs |
| Found in | Fernández Arias, E. El Beato Sanz y compañeros mártires del Orden de Predicadores: p. 795 (Petrus Martyr Sanz) La Christiandad de Fogan en la provincia de Fokien en el imperio de China cruelmente perseguida de el impio Cheu Hio-Kien virrey de dicha provincia ..., 1748 : p. 52 (Don Fr. Pedro Martyr Sanz naciò en Ascò en Cataluña, y tomò el habito en el Convento de N. P. Santo Domingo de Lerida) Enciclop. cattolica, 1953 (Sanz, Pedro; Dominican martyr; b. 10/1/1680 at Asco, in Tortosa; d. 5/26/1747 in Foyan, China; beatified 5/14/1893) New Catholic Encyclopedia online, viewed Nov. 2, 2016 (After publication by a literato, of a libel against the Christians of Fu-ngan, in Fu-kien, the viceroy of the province gave orders to inquire into the state of the Catholic religion, the result of which was that a dreadful prosecution broke out in 1746, during the reign of Emperor K'ien lung, the victims of which were all Spanish Dominicans; the following were arrested: Juan Alcober (b. at Girone in 1649); Francisco Serrano, Bishop of Tipasa, and coadjutor the vicar Apostolic; and Francisco Diaz (b. in 1712, at Ecija); finally the vicar Apostolic; Pedra Martyr Sanz (b. in 1680, at Asco, Tortosa), Bishop of Mauricastra, and Joachim Royo (b. at Tervel in 1690) surrendered. After they had been cruelly tortured, the viceroy sentenced them to death on 1 November, 1746; Sanz was martyred on 26 May, 1747; his companions shared his fate; the five Dominican martyrs were beatified by Leo XIII, on 14 May, 1893) <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09746b.htm> Catholic hierarchy.org, viewed Nov. 2, 2016 (Bishop St. Pedro Sanz y Jordá, O.P.; born in Ascó, Spain, Sept. 3, 1680; he was ordained a priest of Order of Friars Preachers in 1704; appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China and Titular Bishop of Mauricastro in 1728; ordained Titular Bishop of Mauricastro in 1730; appointed Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien, China in 1732; and he was martyred while serving in that office on May 26, 1747) <http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsanpt.html> |
| Associated language | spa |
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