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One of seven children in a
pious family; three of her siblings went into religious life. Her mother
died when she was seven, her father was forced to move to find work, and
she was adopted by another pious village family. Franciscan tertiary at
age fifteen. Joined the Institute of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary,
taking the name Marie Amandine. Worked as a nurse in Marseilles, then in
the mission hospital and orphanage in Taiyuanfu, China. Her career ended
during a crackdown on foreign missionaries during the Boxer Rebellion. One
of the Martyrs of Shanxi and the Martyrs of China.
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