Saint Lucia Wang Wang

Saint Lucy Wang Wang (born 1869 in Weixian, Hebei, China; died July 22, 1900, in Majiazhuang) was a saint of the Catholic Church and a martyr. During the Boxer Rebellion in China, Christians were subjected to persecution. On July 21, 1900, insurgents arrested Catholics from Wei County in Hebei Province. Joseph Wang Yumei, the leader of the village Catholics, was the first to be killed. The others, including Lucy Wang Wang, Anna Wang, and Andrew Wang Tianqing, were locked away. The following day, they were given the choice to either renounce their faith or die. They were killed after refusing to apostatize. Her feast day is July 9 (as part of the group of 120 Chinese Martyrs). She was beatified along with three other martyrs, including her son Andrew Wang Tianqing, on April 17, 1955, by Pope Pius XII as part of the group of Léon-Ignace Mangin and 55 companions. She was canonized on October 1, 2000, by Pope John Paul II as one of the 120 Chinese Martyrs.