Blessed Teresa Demjanovich
Also known as: Sister Miriam Teresa
Feast Day
8-May
Born
26 March 1901 in Bayonne, New Jersey
Died
8 May 1927 in Convent Station, New Jersey of complications following appendicitis
Beatified
4 October 2014 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Venerated
10 May 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Teresa Demjanovich, also known as Sister Miriam Teresa, was born on March 26, 1901, in Bayonne, New Jersey. She was one of five children of Alexander and Johanna Demjanovich, who had immigrated to the United States from an area of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that is now part of modern-day Slovakia.
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