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Martyr

Stephen Wang Yuguang

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

Stephen Wang Yuguang was an Orthodox Christian of 61, of the group killed in the village of Dongding'an, near Beijing. He was killed on 25 May 1900 (old style; 7 June in the new), during the Boxer Rising. With him were killed the peasant Alexei Zhang Furong, his family, Cyrus Zhang Fucheng and the latter's grandson Herman.

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