Martyrs of Shanxi

Memorial

• 8 July

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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

• Anne-Catherine Dierks
• Anne-Francoise 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

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Directorio Franciscano
• General Curia of the Friars Minor
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Martyrs of Shanxi”. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 August 2012. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/martyrs-of-shanxi/>