Feast May 30
Blessed Marta Anna Wiecka
Blessed · Religious, patron of Nurses · Feast May 30
Biography
Marta Anna Wiecka, DC was a Polish Catholic member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. She assumed the name Maria upon taking vows and worked as a hospital nurse in Poland and Ukraine. She was beatified on 24 May 2008 after a miracle was attributed to her intercession. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone presided over the beatification on the behalf of Pope Benedict XVI.
Feast day
May 30
Patronage
- Nurses
Birth date
1874-01-12
Death date
1904-05-30
Canonization status
Beatified
Feast month
5
Wikidata qid
Q1897663
Feast day of month
30
