Mary Hermina of Jesus
French nun, missionary, martyr, Catholic Saint (1866–1900)
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Marie-Hermine of Jesus (1866–1900, born Irma Grivot) was a French nun and Mother Superior who died during the Boxer Rebellion in China and was canonised in 2000. She and six other nuns had gone to China to create a small hospital and to staff an orphanage, but were ultimately killed due to their association with foreign interference. She is one of the group known as the Martyr Saints of China who were canonised by Pope John Paul II 1 October 2000.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q4149004 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Marie-Hermine of Jesus (CC BY-SA)
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