Alicja Kotowska
Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska (born 20 November 1899 in Warsaw – died 11 November 1939 (aged 39) near Wielka Piaśnica) was a Polish nun, head of the Resurrectionist convent in Wejherowo between 1934 and 1939, and a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church and a martyr killed by the Germans in 1939 in the Mass murders in Piaśnica.[1]
Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska (CR) | |
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 Sister Alicja Kotowska | |
| Religious, nun, and martyr | |
| Born | Maria Jadwiga Kotowska 20 November 1899 Warsaw, Vistula Land, Russian Empire |
| Died | 11 November 1939 (aged 39) Wielka Piaśnica, Nazi Germany |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 13 June 1999, Warsaw, Poland by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 11 November |
| Patronage | Primary schools in Wejherowo and secondary schools in Warsaw |
She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 June 1999 as one of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II.
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References
Bibliography
- Like a Drop of Water in the Ocean: The Life and Martyrdom of Blessed Sister Alice Kotowska, Sister of the Resurection. Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection. 1999. ISBN 9788391177532..
- Błgosławiona siostra Alicja Kotowska (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Duszpasterstwa Rolników. 2001. ISBN 9788388743511..
- Miłość jest wierna do końca: błogosławiona Alicja Kotowska Zmartwychwstanka (in Polish). Zgromadzenie Sióstr Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego. 2001. ISBN 9788391177525..
- Alicja Marie Jadwiga Kotowska, in Wielka encyklopedia Jana Pawła II (in Polish). Vol. 1. Wydawn: Edipresse. 2005. ISBN 9788372986436..
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