Marie-Hermine of Jesus

Saint

Marie-Hermine of Jesus
BornIrma Grivot
28 April 1866
Beaune, France
Died9 July 1900 (age 34)
Taiyuan, China
Beatified24 November 1946 by Pope Pius XII
Canonized1 October 2000, Rome by Pope John Paul II
Feast9 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]

  1. ^ "Saint Mary Hermina Grivot". CatholicSaints.Info. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Agostino Zhao Rong (+1815) and 119 companions in China (+1648-1930)". www.vatican.va. Vatican News Service. 1 October 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2021. Blessed Mary Hermina of Jesus (in saec: Irma Grivot),
  3. ^ "Martyrs of China: Canonized Martyrs (†1648-1930)". newsaints.faithweb.com. Hagiography Circle. Retrieved 1 May 2021. Irma Grivot (Marie-Hermine of Jesus) )

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