Saint Anne Wang

1886–1900 · Contemporary

Feast day: July 9

Biography

Anna Wang was a young Chinese Christian, born around 1886, who was killed at the age of fourteen on July 22, 1900, in Majiazhuang, near Daining in Hebei province. During the Boxer Rebellion, she refused to renounce her faith and was beheaded. She is recognized as a martyr by the Catholic Church and was canonized on October 1, 2000, by Pope John Paul II, along with the other Martyrs of China. Her feast day is July 22, the anniversary of her death, or July 9 with the group of the Martyrs of China.

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