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Also known as

• Luqi
• Lucy

Memorial

• 19 February

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Lay woman in the apostolic vicariate of Guizhou, China. She was the youngest child in her family, and grew up loving to read and learn; her mother taught her to spin. She served as a catechist in her parish; her priest asked her to use that experence to teach in the local school. When the family moved so her brother could study medicine, her new priest asked her to continue teaching, and to include adult women, as well. When her mother died, Lucia decided to support the work of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, which led to her death with them. One of the Martyrs of Guizhou.

Born

• 17 January 1815 in Mainyang, Sichuan, China

Died

• beheaded on 19 January 1862 by Kaiyang, Guizhou, China

Venerated

• 2 August 1908 by Pope Pius X (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 2 May 1909 by Pope Pius X

Canonized

• 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Saint Lucia Yi Zhenmei“. CatholicSaints.Info. 16 February 2023. Web. 23 April 2024. <>