June 29th

Saint Mary Du Jianshi and Companion, Martyrs of China

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Dujiadun, Hebei, China · d. 1900

In the village of Dujiadun, likewise near Shenxian, Saints Mary Du Jianshi and her daughter Magdalene Du Fengju, martyrs, who in the same persecution were dragged from the reed-bed in which they had hidden themselves and died for the name of Christ, the one cast into the grave while still breathing.

Latin Original

In pago Dujgiadun item apud Shenxian, sanctárum Maríz Du Jianshi eiáüsque fílie Magdalénz Du Fengju, mártyrum, quz in eádem persecutióne, ex arundinéto, quo se abdiderant, sublátze, ob christiánum nomen occubuérunt, áltera adhuc spirans in sepülcrum coniécta.