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Maria Teresia Ledóchowska
Polish noblewoman, religious foundress and saint, editor (1863-1922)
BlessedResearchedPolandThird Order of Saint Francis
Feast: 6 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1863
Died
1922
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Rome, Blessed Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, virgin, who worked with all her strength on behalf of Africans oppressed by slavery and founded the Sodality of Saint Peter Claver.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 6 July as the virgin who worked for Africans oppressed by slavery and founded the Sodality of Saint Peter Claver.
Connected on this site
- Ursula Ledóchowska Saint Brother or sister
- Peter Claver Saint“Peter Claver, dedicated to spreading Catholicism in Africa.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q78650 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mary Theresa Ledóchowska (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.