Saint Marie-Hermine of Jesus | |
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Born | Irma Grivot 28 April 1866 Beaune, France |
Died | 9 July 1900 (age 34) Taiyuan, China |
Beatified | 24 November 1946 by Pope Pius XII |
Canonized | 1 October 2000, Rome by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 9 July as one of the Martyr Saints of China |
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.[1] She is one of the group known as the Martyr Saints of China who were canonised by Pope John Paul II 1 October 2000.[2][3]
Blessed Mary Hermina of Jesus (in saec: Irma Grivot),
Irma Grivot (Marie-Hermine of Jesus) )