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Blessed Angela Salawa 1921

Blessed Angela Salawa 1921

Blessed Angela Salawa

Also known as: Aniela Salawa

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

March 12

Born

September 9, 1881

Died

March 12, 1922

Beatified

13 August 1991 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

23 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Angela Salawa, also known as Aniela Salawa, was born on 9 September 1881 in Siepraw, Malopolskie, Poland. She was the daughter of Salaw Bartlomiej and Ewa Bochenek and was the youngest of ten children in a pious tradesman's family. Angela received only two years of formal education and started working as a domestic at the young age of 12 in nearby homes.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1991-08-13 by 13 August 1991 by Pope John Paul II

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