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During a period of persecution, he continued to work in China clandestinely. He was captured by authorities in 1746. He was tortured in prison and executed by being suffocated with a sack of
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He was ordained to the priesthood in 1715 and sent to the missions in China. He first served as a missionary in
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October 3, 1691. His father was Joachim Royo and his mother was Marianna PĂ©rez.
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and canonized along with other martyrs of China on
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In 1717, he was sent to do mission in the provinces of
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