This is the story of a fanatical rebellion in China and how a group of faithful Catholics defended a Cathedral in Peking during a two month siege. We'll go over the historical account of how a heavenly army appeared above Beitang Cathedral in the year 1900, which is one of the few documented apparitions of Our Lady in China.

Taken from this article: https://nobility.org/2025/07/our-lady-of-deliverance-empress-of-china-3/

Bibliography:

1. Favier, Alphonse, Edited by Joseph Freri. The Heart of Pekin: Bishop A. Favier‘s Diary of the Siege, May-August 1900. Boston: Marlier, 1901. Page 9 & 10.

2. Mazeau, Henry The Heroine Of Pe-Tang; Helen De Jaurias, Sister Of Charity 1824-1900. Sr. Helen de Jaurias died on August 20, 1900.
   Note from the book: “In China the power of the devil is manifested visibly by the number of persons who are possessed of evil spirits. We often hear Satan speaking by the mouths of possessed people. A holy Missionary, who has been here for 22 years, told me that he heard him declaring through a woman who was possessed that China was his chosen Empire, and that there was not a single spot of this country where he was not worshiped!” They were told (also by the devil) not to build any buildings higher than 99 feet high.

3. http://www.jesuit.org/wp-content/uploads/Studies_Autumn_09.pdf

4. J-M Planchet C. M., Documents sur les martyrs de Pekin pendant la persecution des Boxeurs, Peking, Imprimerie des Lazaristes, 1920, p. 101.

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