Blessed Maria Louise Merkert
Also known as: Maria Luiza Merkert
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
November 14
Born
September 21, 1817
Died
November 14, 1872
Beatified
20 September 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Biography
Blessed Maria Louise Merkert, also known as Maria Luiza Merkert, was born on 21 September 1817 in Nysa, Opolskie, Poland. She was the second and last daughter of Anthony Merkert and Maria Barbara Pfitzner, and she was raised in a pious, middle-class family. Unfortunately, Maria's father passed away when she was still an infant, leaving her mother to raise the two daughters on her own....