Biography
Mary Zhu Wushi
About Mary Zhu Wushi
Mary Zhu Wushi belonged to the Catholic community at Zhujiahe in Hebei. Her husband, Zhu Tianxuan, was a local Catholic leader. The church biography also remembers Mary's assistance to people in poverty and her encouragement of prayer as persecution approached.
During the Boxer uprising, Catholics gathered at the village church for shelter. Mary was among those killed there in July 1900. She was canonized in 2000 with the Chinese martyrs.
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