Blessed Sara Salkahazi

Blessed Sára Salkaházi

Also known as: Sára Schalkház

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

27-Dec

Born

11 May 1899 in Kassa, Hungary (modern Košice, Slovakia)

Died

Shot on 27 December 1944 by members of the Arrow Cross Party on the banks of the River Danube in Budapest, Hungary; body thrown into the Danube

Beatified

17 September 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI at Budapest, Hungary; first non-aristocrat Hungarian to be beatified

Venerated

28 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI

Biography

Blessed Sára Salkaházi, also known as Sára Schalkház, was born on May 11, 1899, in Kassa, Hungary (modern Košice, Slovakia). She was the second of three children born to Leopold and Klotild Salkahaz, who were hotel owners. Sadly, her father passed away when she was just two years old.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2006-09-17 by 17 September 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI at Budapest, Hungary; first non-aristocrat Hungarian to be beatified

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