Blessed Marianna Biernacka
Also known as: Marianna Czokala
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
June 13
Died
June 1, 13
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II
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.