Saint Giovanni (John) of Triora (†1816) is one of the Martyr Saints of China. He joined the Franciscan Friars at age 17 and later became a priest. He became a missionary to China in 1799. After working in China with great success for 18 years, he was arrested, imprisoned, and strangled in 1816. He was Beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1900 and Canonized in 2000 by Pope John Paul II.