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In 1898, seven sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary were sent to the Shanxi diocese in China to serve the poor in hospitals, and care for the unwanted or other destitutes in orphanages. They were
- Anne-Catherine Dierks
- Anne-Francoise Moreau
- Clelia Nanetti
- Irma Grivot
- Jeanne-Marie Kuergin
- Marianna Giuliani
- Pauline Jeuris
There they all died in one of the periodic crackdowns against foreign missionaries.
Died
- beheaded on 9 July 1900 at Taiyuanfu, China
Beatified
- 24 November 1946 by Pope Pius XII
Canonized
- 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Sources: https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-shanxi/
