Anna Król (Sister Maria Iwona)
Polish Sister of St Elizabeth, the "quiet heroine of Wschowa"
Who they were
During the war she refused to sign the Volksliste, carried an unexploded bomb out of the parish church at Wschowa, saved liturgical objects and the Blessed Sacrament, and nursed the sick of every nationality and religion.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Her congregation petitioned in January 2022, the Polish bishops gave a favourable opinion in June 2022, and Bishop Tadeusz Lityński opened the diocesan beatification process on 9 February 2023 in the Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów.
The cause
Anna Król (Sister Maria Iwona) is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Anna Król (Sister Maria Iwona).
- Służebnica Boża siostra M. Iwona Król (official cause website)
- W czwartek sesja inauguracyjna procesu beatyfikacyjnego s. Iwony – Gość Niedzielny (Zielona Góra-Gorzów)
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.