Maria Chiara Nanetti

[1] She is one of the group known as the Martyr Saints of China who were canonised by Pope John Paul II 1 October 2000.

[6] In 1899 she was one of a group of seven sisters from the order who went to Taiyuan, China, arriving on 4 May 1899, to set up an orphanage at the mission there under bishop Gregorio Grassi,[6] at the request of the co-adjutor bishop of Shanxi, Francisco Fagolla, who wanted to found a small hospital and improve the education offered at the orphanage.

The other six sisters came from Belgium, France and the Netherlands although Maria della Pace, like Nanetti, was also Italian.

[7] The level of threat to the community rose and on 27 June 1900 the Bishops advised that the sisters should change into local clothes and escape.

Marie-Hermine of Jesus as Mother Superior proposed the sisters should not be denied the sacrifice of dying for their faith and they were allowed to take their chances.