SAINT
saint-alicja-kotowska
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska was a Polish religious sister who was head of the Resurrectionist convent in Wejherowo between 1934 and 1939. She was arrested by the Gestapo on 24 October 1939 during prayer and murdered alongside over 300 other Poles and Jews on 11 November in one of the Piaśnica massacres. Witnesses reported seeing her comfort Jewish children while being transported. She was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1999 as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.
feast Day
11-11
birth Date
1899-11-20
death Date
1939-11-11
canonization Status
beatified
feast Month
11
feast Day Of Month
11

