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Blessed Marianna Biernacka
Blessed Marianna Biernacka

Blessed Marianna Biernacka

Also known as: Marianna Czokala

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

13 June; 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

Born

1888 in Lipsk, Podlaskie, Poland as Marianna Czokala

Died

Shot by firing squad on 13 June 1943 in Naumovichi (a.k.a. Naumowicze), Hrodzyenskaya voblasts’, Belarus

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Marianna Biernacka, also known as Marianna Czokala, was born in Lipsk, Podlaskie, Poland in 1888. She grew up in the Orthodox Church but later converted to Catholicism at the age of 17. Following her conversion, Marianna married Ludwik Biernacki, a farmer, when she was 20 years old.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1999-06-13 by 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Feast Days

June 13June 12
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