Background
Zhang Dapeng was born in 1754 as a Buddhist, and his only son, Dewang Dapeng, was born in 1793.
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He was baptized at the age 46. Because of his preaching, the Mandarins wanted to imprison him because some of the local Chinese disliked foreign religious beliefs. Zhang Dapeng heard of his son"s death and fled to Sichuan.
Finally, Zhang Dapeng was captured and was imprisoned in the year 1814.
On 12 March 1815, Zhang Dapeng was killed by the Mandarins at the age of 61. Zhang Dapeng was Beatified on 12 February 1909 by Pope Pius X and was Canonized on October 1 of 2000 by Pope John Paul World War II Hong Kong Saint Zhang Dapeng.
