SAINT
saint-marta-anna-wiecka
A saint of the Catholic Church
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
05-30
patronages
- Nurses
birth Date
1874-01-12
death Date
1904-05-30
canonization Status
beatified
feast Month
5
feast Day Of Month
30

