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
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.