Anna Wang

1886-1900 19th century

The simple, unshakable faith of a young person who already knows to whom she belongs.

Who was Anna Wang?

A Christian teenager from Hebei, China, caught with her community in the Boxer persecution. Her stepmother had agreed to apostatize and begged her to follow; Anna, fourteen, stayed with the group of the faithful. She was executed confessing her faith, and witnesses kept the memory of her calm.

In their own words

I believe in God. I am a Christian. I do not deny God.

Recorded words, acts of the process of the martyrs of China (1900)

The door of heaven is open to all.

Last words, acts of the canonization process