Mitrophan Yang

Hieromartyr

Commemorated June 11

Our righteous father, hieromartyr Mitrophan Yang (Chinese Yang Ji 楊吉, some sources have Yang Jizhong or Yang Jisong) (1856-1900) was the first Chinese ordained a priest in the Church of China . He was one of the many martyrs of the Yihetuan Movement (Boxer) Uprising, whose collective feast day is June 11 .