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Bogumiła Noiszewska
Polish nun and physician (1885–1942)
BlessedResearched
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1885
Died
1942
Beatified
13 June 1999
unverified
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the town of Slonim in Poland, Blesseds Bogumiła (Maria Eva of Providence) Noiszewska and Maria Marta of Jesus Wołowska, virgins of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and martyrs, who, during the wartime occupation of Poland, were shot for their faith.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 19 December as a Sister of the Immaculate Conception shot for her faith at Slonim during the occupation of Poland.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 19 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4327084 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.