St. Marie of Saint Just
Missionary and Martyr of China
Born9 April 1866
Rouans, Loire-Inférieure
Died9 July 1900
Taiyuan, Shanxi
Venerated inRoman Catholicism
Canonized1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Feast9 July

Marie of Saint Just, born Anne-Françoise Moreau (9 April 1866 - 9 July 1900) was a French nun in the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. She was one of the 120 Martyrs of China. She died in the province of Shanxi. .

During the Boxer Rebellion, she was killed on 9 July 1900 at Taiyuan. John Paul II canonized her on 1 October 2000.

Life

She was born in 1866.[1]

In 1899 she was one of a group of seven sisters from the order of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary who went to Taiyuan, China, arriving on 4 May 1899, to help at an orphanage at the mission there under bishop Gregorio Grassi. At the orphanage, which soon cared for 200 children. Their Mother Superior was Marie-Hermine of Jesus.

On 5 July 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, the Christians at the mission were ordered to renounce their faith or face death; at 4pm on 9 July the priests, nuns, seminarians and Christian lay workers were all killed, in what is known as the Taiyuan massacre.[2] It is estimated that 250 foreigners died during the Boxer rebellion. Some of these were embassy staff, but most were missionaries. It is thought that 100,000 Chinese people may have died.[3]

Marie of Saint Just was beatified by Pope Pius XII on 24 November 1946 and later canonised by on 1 October 2000.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Sainte Marie de Saint Just". nominis.cef.fr. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. ↑ "Saints and Blessed". Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Boxer Rebellion | Significance, Combatants, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  4. ↑ "Agostino Zhao Rong et 119 compagnons, martyrs en Chine". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. ↑ "Agostino Zhao Rong (+1815) and 119 companions in China (+1648-1930)". www.vatican.va. Vatican News Service. 1 October 2000. Retrieved 31 May 2021. Blessed Mary of Saint Justus (in saec: Ann Moreau)
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