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Saint '''Marie-Hermine of Jesus''' (1866-1900, born '''Irma Grivot''') was a French nun and Mother Superior who died for her faith in China during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] and was canonised in 2000.<ref name="csi">{{cite web |title=Saint Mary Hermina Grivot |url=https://catholicsaints.info/saint-mary-hermina-grivot/ |website=CatholicSaints.Info |access-date=1 May 2021 |date=8 July 2013}}</ref> She is one of the group known as the [[Martyr Saints of China]] who were canonised by [[Pope John Paul II]] 1 October 2000.<ref name="martyrs">{{cite web |title=120 Martyrs of China |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/120-martyrs-of-china-533 |website=Catholic News Agency |access-date=1 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="vatican">{{cite web |title=Agostino Zhao Rong (+1815) and 119 companions in China (+1648-1930) |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20001001_zhao-rong-compagni_en.html |website=www.vatican.va |publisher=Vatican News Service |access-date=1 May 2021 |date=1 October 2000|quote=Blessed Mary Hermina of Jesus (''in saec'': Irma Grivot),}}</ref><ref name="hagiog">{{cite web |title=Martyrs of China: Canonized Martyrs (†1648-1930) |url=http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/China1.htm |website=newsaints.faithweb.com |publisher=Hagiography Circle |access-date=1 May 2021 |quote=Irma Grivot (Marie-Hermine of Jesus) )}}</ref><ref name="seven">{{cite web |title=The 7 Martyrs of Taiyuan-Fu, China |url=http://www.fmm-mysg.org/7-martyrs.html |publisher=Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, Malaysia-Singapore Province |access-date=2 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
Saint '''Marie-Hermine of Jesus''' (1866-1900, born '''Irma Grivot''') was a French nun and Mother Superior who died for her faith in China during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] and was canonised in 2000.<ref name="csi">{{cite web |title=Saint Mary Hermina Grivot |url=https://catholicsaints.info/saint-mary-hermina-grivot/ |website=CatholicSaints.Info |access-date=1 May 2021 |date=8 July 2013}}</ref> She is one of the group known as the [[Martyr Saints of China]] who were canonised by [[Pope John Paul II]] 1 October 2000.<ref name="martyrs">{{cite web |title=120 Martyrs of China |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/120-martyrs-of-china-533 |website=Catholic News Agency |access-date=1 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="vatican">{{cite web |title=Agostino Zhao Rong (+1815) and 119 companions in China (+1648-1930) |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20001001_zhao-rong-compagni_en.html |website=www.vatican.va |publisher=Vatican News Service |access-date=1 May 2021 |date=1 October 2000|quote=Blessed Mary Hermina of Jesus (''in saec'': Irma Grivot),}}</ref><ref name="hagiog">{{cite web |title=Martyrs of China: Canonized Martyrs (†1648-1930) |url=http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/China1.htm |website=newsaints.faithweb.com |publisher=Hagiography Circle |access-date=1 May 2021 |quote=Irma Grivot (Marie-Hermine of Jesus) )}}</ref><ref name="seven">{{cite web |title=The 7 Martyrs of Taiyuan-Fu, China |url=http://www.fmm-mysg.org/7-martyrs.html |publisher=Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, Malaysia-Singapore Province |access-date=2 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>


She was born Irma Grivot on 28 April 1866 in [[Beaune]], France, and joined the [[Franciscan Missionaries of Mary]] in a prenovitiate in 1894 at [[Vanves]] and then her novitiate at [[Le Châtelet]].<ref name=csi /> In 1899 she was the mother superior of a group of seven sisters from the order who left Marseilles on 12 May 1899. They went to [[Taiyuan]], China, arriving on 4 May 1899, to set up an orphanage at the mission there under bishop [[Gregorio Grassi]].<ref name=fmm /> The seven nuns were from France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref name=mysg/>
She was born Irma Grivot on 28 April 1866 in [[Beaune]], France, and joined the [[Franciscan Missionaries of Mary]] in a prenovitiate in 1894 at [[Vanves]] and then her novitiate at [[Le Châtelet]].<ref name=csi /> In 1899 she was the mother superior of a group of seven sisters from the order who left Marseilles on 12 May 1899. They went to [[Taiyuan]], China, arriving on 4 May 1899, to set up an orphanage at the mission there under bishop [[Gregorio Grassi]].<ref name=fmm /> The seven nuns were from France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref name=mysg/> Marie de la Paix Giuliani who was ??? and who was the youngest of the nuns became Mother Superior Marie-Hermine of Jesus's assistant.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SwCSAAAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Marie_de_la_Paix+Giuliani&q=Marie_de_la_Paix+Giuliani&hl=en|title=Ding|date=2000|publisher=Holy Spirit Study Centre|page=47|language=en}}</ref>



On 27 June 1900 the level of threat appeared imminent and the Bishops advised that the nuns should change into local clothes and escape. As Mother Superior she is reported to have protested that the nuns should not be denied the sacrifice of dying for their faith and that they should be allowed to stay.<ref name=mysg>{{Cite web|title=7 Martyrs|url=http://www.fmm-mysg.org/7-martyrs.html|access-date=2021-05-05|website=Franciscan Missionaries of Mary|language=en}}</ref>
On 27 June 1900 the level of threat appeared imminent and the Bishops advised that the nuns should change into local clothes and escape. As Mother Superior she is reported to have protested that the nuns should not be denied the sacrifice of dying for their faith and that they should be allowed to stay.<ref name=mysg>{{Cite web|title=7 Martyrs|url=http://www.fmm-mysg.org/7-martyrs.html|access-date=2021-05-05|website=Franciscan Missionaries of Mary|language=en}}</ref>

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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 for her faith in China during the Boxer Rebellion and was canonised in 2000.[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][4][5]

She was born Irma Grivot on 28 April 1866 in Beaune, France, and joined the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in a prenovitiate in 1894 at Vanves and then her novitiate at Le Châtelet.[1] In 1899 she was the mother superior of a group of seven sisters from the order who left Marseilles on 12 May 1899. They went to Taiyuan, China, arriving on 4 May 1899, to set up an orphanage at the mission there under bishop Gregorio Grassi.[6] The seven nuns were from France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands.[7] Marie de la Paix Giuliani who was ??? and who was the youngest of the nuns became Mother Superior Marie-Hermine of Jesus's assistant.[8]


On 27 June 1900 the level of threat appeared imminent and the Bishops advised that the nuns should change into local clothes and escape. As Mother Superior she is reported to have protested that the nuns should not be denied the sacrifice of dying for their faith and that they should be allowed to stay.[7]

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.[6] Marie-Hermine was beatified by Pope Pius XII on 24 November 1946 and canonised by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000 as one of a group of 120 Martyr Saints of China.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Saint Mary Hermina Grivot". CatholicSaints.Info. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ "120 Martyrs of China". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ "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),
  4. ^ "Martyrs of China: Canonized Martyrs (†1648-1930)". newsaints.faithweb.com. Hagiography Circle. Retrieved 1 May 2021. Irma Grivot (Marie-Hermine of Jesus) )
  5. ^ "The 7 Martyrs of Taiyuan-Fu, China". Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, Malaysia-Singapore Province. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Saints and Blessed". Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b "7 Martyrs". Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  8. ^ Ding. Holy Spirit Study Centre. 2000. p. 47.

Further reading

  • Life of Mother Marie-Hermine of Jesus, Massacred in Shan-si (China) July 9th, 1900, Anonymous, published 1910, full text; reprinted 2018, Forgotten Books, ISBN 978-0364655511
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