Blessed Anna Kolesárová

Beata Anna Kolesárová

También conocido como: Anka Kolesárová

Beato

Post-Congregation

Día de Fiesta

22-Nov

Nacimiento

14 July 1928 in Vysoká nad Uhom, diocese of Košice, Czechoslovakia (in the modern Slovak Republic)

Fallecimiento

Shot in the chest and the face with a rifle on 22 November 1944 in Pavlovce nad Uhom, Košice, Slovak Republic; buried in a shallow grave on the evening of the next day by her family who still had to spend most of their time in hiding due the combat around them; re-buried and given proper funeral rites by Father Anton Lukác on 29 November 1944; he immediately begin conducting his own preliminary investigation into her Cause for Canonization; during the period of Communist Czechoslovakia, mention of the incident and gatherings at her grave were prohibited; since the fall of the Communist government, her grave has become a pilgrimage site for young people including the Catholic youth organization Domcek which is dedicated to her memory

Beatificado

1 September 2018 by Pope Francis; the beatification recognition was celebrated at the Štadión Lokomotívy, Čermeľ, Košice, Slovakia with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu as chief celebrant

Venerado

6 March 2018 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom in defense of chastity)

Biografía

Beata Anna Kolesárová, también conocida como Anka Kolesárová, nació el 14 de julio de 1928 en Vysoká nad Uhom, en lo que entonces era Checoslovaquia (ahora República Eslovaca). Provenía de una familia agrícola devota y fue bautizada apenas un día después de su nacimiento.

Causa de Canonización

Beatified

Beatificado2018-09-01 por 1 September 2018 by Pope Francis; the beatification recognition was celebrated at the Štadión Lokomotívy, Čermeľ, Košice, Slovakia with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu as chief celebrant