Alicja Kotowska
Appearance
Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska (CR) | |
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Virgin and martyr | |
Born | Maria Jadwiga Kotowska 20 November 1899 Warsaw, Vistula Land, Russian Empire |
Died | 11 November 1939 Wielka Piaśnica, Nazi Germany | (aged 39)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 13 June 1999, Warsaw, Poland by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 11 November |
Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska (born 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.
20 November 1899 in Warsaw – died 11 November 1939 (aged 39) nearReferences
- ^ Bojarska, Barbara (2009). Piaśnica (in Polish). Wejherowo: Wydawnictwo BiT. p. 62. ISBN 978-83-927383-8-1.
Bibliography
- Like a Drop of Water in the Ocean: The Life and Martyrdom of Blessed Sister Alice Kotowska, Sister of the Resurection [sic]. Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection. 1999. ISBN 9788391177532..
- Błgosławiona siostra Alicja Kotowska (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Duszpasterstwa Rolników. 2001. ISBN 9788388743511..
- Miłość jest wierna do końca: błogosławiona Alicja Kotowska Zmartwychwstanka (in Polish). Zgromadzenie Sióstr Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego. 2001. ISBN 9788391177525..
- Alicja Marie Jadwiga Kotowska, in Wielka encyklopedia Jana Pawła II (in Polish). Vol. 1. Wydawn: Edipresse. 2005. ISBN 9788372986436..
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