Maria Chiara Nanetti

Saint

Maria Chiara Nanetti
Martyr
BornClelia Nanetti
9 January 1872
Occhiobello, Rovigo, Italy
Died9 July 1900 (age 28)
Taiyuan, China
Beatified24 November 1946 by Pope Pius XII
Canonized1 October 2000, Rome by Pope John Paul II
Feast9 July as one of the Martyr Saints of China

Saint Maria Chiara Nanetti or Mary Clare (1872-1900, born Clelia Nanetti) was an Italian religious sister who died for her faith in China during the Boxer Rebellion and was canonised in 2000. She is one of the group known as the Martyr Saints of China who were canonised by Pope John Paul II 1 October 2000.

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