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Mary Hermina of Jesus

French nun, missionary, martyr, Catholic Saint (1866–1900)

SaintFranceFranciscan Missionaries of MaryDocumented cause

Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
1866
Died
1900
Beatified
not on record
Canonised
1 October 2000
unverified

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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Sources

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