Marie of Saint Just
St. Marie of Saint Just | |
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| Missionary and Martyr of China | |
| Born | 9 April 1866 Rouans, Loire-Inférieure, Second French Empire |
| Died | 9 July 1900 (aged 34) Taiyuan, Shanxi, Qing China |
| Cause of death | Decapitation |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 9 July |
Marie of Saint Just, born Anne-Françoise Moreau (9 April 1866 – 9 July 1900) was a French nun in the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. She was one of the 120 Martyrs of China.
During the Boxer Rebellion, she was killed on 9 July 1900 in Taiyuan. Pope John Paul II canonized her on 1 October 2000.
Life
[edit]She was born in 1866.[1]
In 1899 she was one of a group of seven sisters from the order of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary who went to Taiyuan, China, arriving on 4 May 1899, to help at an orphanage at the mission there under bishop Gregorio Grassi. At the orphanage, which soon cared for 200 children. Their Mother Superior was Marie-Hermine of Jesus.
On 5 July 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, the Christians at the mission were ordered to renounce their faith or face death; at 16:00 on 9 July the priests, nuns, seminarians and Christian lay workers were all killed, in what is known as the Taiyuan massacre.[2] It is estimated that 250 foreigners died during the Boxer rebellion. Some of these were embassy staff, but most were missionaries. It is thought that 100,000 Chinese people may have died.[3]
Marie of Saint Just was beatified by Pope Pius XII on 24 November 1946 and later canonised by on 1 October 2000.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sainte Marie de Saint Just". nominis.cef.fr. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "Saints and Blessed". Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Boxer Rebellion | Significance, Combatants, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "Agostino Zhao Rong et 119 compagnons, martyrs en Chine". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "Agostino Zhao Rong (+1815) and 119 companions in China (+1648-1930)". www.vatican.va. Vatican News Service. 1 October 2000. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
Blessed Mary of Saint Justus (in saec: Ann Moreau)
- Breton saints
- 1900 deaths
- 1866 births
- 19th-century French nuns
- Christian female saints of the Late Modern era
- Canonizations by Pope John Paul II
- Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
- People from Loire-Atlantique
- People executed by the Qing dynasty by decapitation
- 19th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
- French people of the Boxer Rebellion
- 19th-century Christian saints