Marie of Saint Natalie

St. Marie of Saint Natalie
St. Marie of Saint Natalie
Missionary and Martyr of China
Born	4 May 1864; Belle-Isle-en-Terre, Côtes-du-Nord
Died	9 July 1900; Taiyuan, Shanxi
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Canonized	1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Feast	15 January

Marie of Saint Natalie, born Jeanne-Marie Guerguin (sometimes spelt Kerguin) was one of the 120 Martyrs of China. Born in Belle-Isle-en-Terre, Cotes-du-Nord, on 4 May 1864, she worked in the province of Shanxi. She was a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary.

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

Biography

She was born into a family of Breton farmers. Having lost her mother as a child, she was in charge of overseeing her household.

She entered the convent at Saint-Brieuc in 1887. In 1888 she answered the call for missionaries to China to work in the schools and with orphans. During the Boxer Rebellion she was arrested and sentenced to death with seven of the other sisters.

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