Eliška Pretschnerová (Anna Pretschnerová)
Czech School Sister of St Francis, provincial and then superior general, interned by the communist secret police
Who they were
A forester's daughter born at Nové Zámky near Nymburk, she entered the School Sisters of St Francis in 1930, was provincial of the Czech province from 1954 to 1969 and superior general in Rome from 1970 to 1983, and was interned at Hoješín for fourteen months of interrogation by the state security police between December 1973 and February 1975.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The congregation calls her a Servant of God; the diocesan part of the beatification process ran from 2001 to 2022 and the Positio was completed in 2025.
The cause
Eliška Pretschnerová (Anna Pretschnerová) 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 Eliška Pretschnerová (Anna Pretschnerová).
- Život – Sestra Eliška Pretschnerová, Školské sestry sv. Františka
- SM Eliška Pretschnerová – vzpomínková slavnost, Školské sestry sv. Františka
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.