Detail Of A Stained Glass Window Of Blessed Bronislava Of Poland Date And Artist Unknown Saint John The Baptist Cathedral Wrocław Poland Photographed On 4 September 2017 By Aw58

Blessed Bronislava Of Poland

Also known as: Bronislava Odrowaz; Bronislava of Cracow; Bronislava of Kamien; Bronislawa….

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

29 August; 30 August on some calendars; 1 September on some calendars; 2 September (Archdiocese of Warmia, Poland)

Born

1200 at Kamien, Lubelskie, Poland as Bronislawa Odrowaz

Died

29 August 1259 at Zwierzyniec, Lubelskie, Poland of natural causes; re-interred in her convent church in 1261; the church was later destroyed and her relics lost during a Swedish invasion; relics re-discovered in the 17th century

Beatified

23 August 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed)

Biography

Blessed Bronislava of Poland, also known as Bronislava Odrowaz, Bronislava of Cracow, and Bronislava of Kamien, was born as Bronislawa Odrowaz in the year 1200 in Kamien, Lubelskie, Poland. She was the daughter of Count Stanislaus and Countess Anna of Prandata-Odrowaz, coming from a noble lineage. Bronislava was related to Saint Hyacinth and Blessed Czeslaw, which influenced her spiritual journey.