Roman Catholicism is a minority religious denomination in Shaanxi, a province of China. In Xi'an, there is the cathedral of St Francis. Shaanxi has experienced Christian persecution. [1] [ unreliable source? ]
Roman Catholicism is a minority religious denomination in Shaanxi, a province of China. In Xi'an, there is the cathedral of St Francis. Shaanxi has experienced Christian persecution. [1] [ unreliable source? ]
Catholicism entered Shaanxi before 1700. [2] Zan Jia Cun is a village with a Catholic majority and which is the origin of priests. [3] Xiaoqiaopan is another village with a Catholic majority. [4]
Shaanxi is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi, Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), Ningxia (NW) and Inner Mongolia (N).
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