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Anne-Françoise Moreau

Anne-Françoise Moreau

Saint
July 9 · 1866–1900

Anne-Françoise Moreau (1866, Rouans — 1900, Taiyuan) — Saint, nun. Feast day: 9 July.

19th centuryFrancePeople's Republic of ChinaMartyrsMonks and nunsMissionaries
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Anne-Françoise Moreau was a French nun belonging to the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Born in 1866 in Rouans, she traveled to China in 1899 as part of a group of seven sisters. They arrived in Taiyuan to support an orphanage that provided care for 200 children. Her missionary work ended abruptly during the Boxer Rebellion, when she was killed in Taiyuan on July 9, 1900, alongside other religious figures and lay workers.

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