Feast December 15
Blessed Drina Martyrs
Blessed · Martyr, patron of Nuns · Feast December 15
Biography
The Blessed Martyrs of Drina are the professed Sisters of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, who died during World War II. Four were killed when they jumped out of a window in Goražde on 15 December 1941, reportedly to avoid being raped by Chetniks, and the last was killed by the Chetniks in Sjetlina the following week. The five nuns were later declared martyrs and beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on 24 September 2011.
Feast day
December 15
Patronage
- Nuns
- the sick
- Slovenia
- Croatia
- Bosnia
- Herzegovina Hungary
- Austria
Canonization status
Beatified
Feast month
12
Wikidata qid
Q909902
Feast day of month
15
