Peter Wu Guosheng

Peter Wu Guosheng (; 1768 – 7 November 1814) was a Chinese Catholic martyr.

Life He was born in 1768 in the town of Longping in Zunyi county in Guizhou. Prior to his baptism, he was an innkeeper. He was known in his community for his sense of justice, his care of the poor and his enthusiastic and outspoken nature.

A Catholic layman named Xu, who had been sent to Guizhou by Fr. Luo Madi of Sichuan, stayed at Wu Guosheng's inn. On this occasion, Xu spoke to Wu Guosheng about Christianity and convinced Wu Guosheng to believe. Xu later invited a church elder from Sichuan to speak to Wu Guosheng.

Wu Guosheng became very fervent for the faith and, although he was not yet baptized, he would insist that those who visited his inn come to accept Jesus. Fr. Luo Madi later also went to visit Wu Guosheng and felt that Wu Guosheng's way of trying to force people to accept the faith was wrong. He then invited Wu Guosheng to come to Sichuan and see how other Catholics carried out evangelization. In 1795, he came to Chongqing and after having seen the model of other Catholics, Wu Guosheng deeply regretted his prior behaviour. Luo Madi then baptized him the following year with the name Christian name of Peter.

Canonization He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII on 27 May 1900 and later canonized as a saint by John Paul II on 1 October 2000.