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Martyr

Joseph Long

Chinese Orthodox Christian, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.

Feast
June 11old style June 24
Reposed
190019th century
Place
Beijing
Order
Martyrs

Life

Joseph Long was a man of 37, the son of Maria Chang. He was killed on 10 June 1900 (old style; 23 June in the new), during the Boxer Rising, in the courtyard of Innocent Fan. According to the list, in fear he took his own life by hanging himself from a tree. His daughter Sarah, aged 7, suffered on the same day, in their house.

His name stands in the list of the 222 Orthodox Christians killed in 1900, drawn up in 1904 by the Brotherhood of the Orthodox Church in China, on the testimony of relatives, neighbours and witnesses. No other details about him are preserved.

Commemorated the same day June 11