Blessed Jean-Martin Moye | |
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 Stained glass window depicting Jean-Martin Moye in Saint-Jean-de-Bassel | |
| Priest | |
| Born | 27 January 1730 Cutting, Bailiwick of Dieuze, Duchy of Lorraine |
| Died | 4 May 1793 Trier, Prince-Archbishopric of Trier, Holy Roman Empire |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church (Lorraine and the Congregation of Divine Providence) |
| Beatified | 21 November 1954 by Pope Pius XII |
| Canonized | 21 May 1955 |
| Major shrine | Trier Germany |
| Feast | 4 May |
Jean-Martin Moye (written later in his life as Moÿe)[1] was a French Catholic priest who served as a missionary in China and was the founder of the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence. He also organized the first expression of consecrated life among the women of China. He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1954.
- ^ "Biographie". Le Bienheureux Jean-Martin Moye (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2012.