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Blessed Anna Kolesárová
Blessed Anna Kolesárová

Blessed Anna Kolesárová

Also known as: Anka Kolesárová

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

November 22

Born

July 14, 1928

Died

November 1, 22

Beatified

1 September 2018 by Pope Francis

Venerated

6 March 2018 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom in defense of chastity)

Biography

Blessed Anna Kolesárová, also known as Anka Kolesárová, was born on 14 July 1928 in Vysoká nad Uhom, in what was then Czechoslovakia (now the Slovak Republic). She came from a devout farming family and was baptized just one day after her birth.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified2018-09-01 by 1 September 2018 by Pope Francis; the beatification recognition was celebrated at the Štadión Lokomotívy, Čermeľ, Košice, Slovakia with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu as chief celebrant
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