Jean-Martin Moye

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Jean-Martin Moye
Stained glass window depicting Jean-Martin Moye in Saint-Jean-de-Bassel
Priest
Born27 January 1730
Cutting, Bailiwick of Dieuze,
Duchy of Lorraine
Died4 May 1793
Trier, Prince-Archbishopric of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
Venerated inCatholic Church (Lorraine and the Congregation of Divine Providence)
Beatified21 November 1954 by Pope Pius XII
Canonized21 May 1955
Major shrineTrier Germany
Feast4 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.

  1. ^ "Biographie". Le Bienheureux Jean-Martin Moye (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2012.