Biography
Thomas Shen Jihe
About Thomas Shen Jihe
Thomas Shen Jihe was born in Ankao, Shanxi, in 1851. Raised in a Catholic family, he worked for priests and mission communities, including a period at Dongergou. Illness interrupted one of those appointments and brought him home.
Shen later served Bishop Gregorio Grassi for about ten years and worked as a catechist. He remained unmarried and became a Franciscan tertiary. He was killed in Taiyuan on 9 July 1900. He was canonized in 2000 with the Chinese martyrs.
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