Martyrs of Nowogrodek

Also known as

Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth; Sister Mary Stella and her Ten Companions; Nowogrodek Martyrs

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A group of eleven nuns who died in exchange for 120 citizens of Nowogrodek. They are

• Maria Stella, Superior (Adelaide Mardosiewicz) (1888-1943)
• Mary Imelda (Jadwiga Zak) (1892-1943)
• Mary Rajmunda (Anna Kukulowicz) (1892-1943)
• Maria Daniela (Eleanor Juzwik) (1895-1943)
• Maria Kanuta (Jozefa Chrobot) (1896-1943)
• Maria Gwidona (Helena Cierpka) (1900-1943)
• Maria Sergia (Julia Rapieg) (1900-1943)
• Maria Kanizja (Eugenia Mackiewicz) (1904-1943)
• Maria Felicyta (Paulina Borowik) (1905-1943)
• Maria Heliodora (Leokadia Matustzewska) (1906-1943)
• Maria Boromea (Veronika Narmuntowicz) (1916-1943)

Died

murdered on 1 August 1943 by the Gestapo

Beatified

5 March 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

pending

Additional Information

Father Vincent A Lapomarda, SJ
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

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