Martyrs of Shanxi

Memorial: 8 July
Profile: In 1898 seven sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary were sent to the Shanxi diocese in China to serve the poor in hospitals, and care for the unwanted or other destitutes in orphanages. They were:

Anna Dierk

Anne Moreau

Clelia Nanetti

Irma Grivot

Jeanne-Marie Kuergin

Marianna Giuliani

Pauline Jeuris

There they all died in one of the periodic crackdowns against foreign missionaries.
Died: beheaded on 9 July 1900 at Taiyuanfu, China
Beatified: 24 November 1946 by Pope Pius XII
Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Additional Information: Directorio Franciscano [italiano]
General Curia of the Friars Minor