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Alicja Kotowska

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Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska (CR)
Sister Alicja Kotowska
Virgin and martyr
BornMaria Jadwiga Kotowska
(1899-11-20)20 November 1899
Warsaw, Vistula Land, Russian Empire
Died11 November 1939(1939-11-11) (aged 39)
Wielka Piaśnica, Nazi Germany
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified13 June 1999, Warsaw, Poland by Pope John Paul II
Feast11 November

Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska (born (1899-11-20)20 November 1899 in Warsaw – died 11 November 1939(1939-11-11) (aged 39) near Wielka Piaśnica) was a Polish religious sister which was head of the Resurrectionist convent in Wejherowo between 1934 and 1939. As a martyr killed by the Germans in 1939 in the Mass murders in Piaśnica,[1] she had been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. She is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.

References

  1. ^ Bojarska, Barbara (2009). Piaśnica (in Polish). Wejherowo: Wydawnictwo BiT. p. 62. ISBN 978-83-927383-8-1.

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