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Word: stegmann (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...impatient to become a Daughter of Charity. At 14 she vowed herself to chastity. Her lingering death from tuberculosis was a summing up of all she knew and much that she felt only intuitively of Catholic belief. Marie Thèrèse Wang's biographer, Rev. Basil Stegmann of the Benedictine Order, lists eight cases which the Roman Catholic Church may or may not judge to be miracles supporting the Rose of China's candidacy for beatification. Among them: two cures (tuberculosis, cholera) ; one happy death; one escape from brigands; an instance in which someone received payment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Saintly Children | 1/20/1936 | See Source »

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