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Paulina Borowik
BlessedResearched
Feast: 1 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1905
Died
1943
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the forest near the town of Nowogródek in Poland, Blessed Maria Stella of the Most Blessed Sacrament (Adelaide) Mardosewicz and ten companions of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, virgins and martyrs, who, in the dark times of war, attained heavenly glory, shot by the enemies of religion. Among those named is Blessed Paulina Borowik.
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 1 August as one of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth shot near Nowogródek.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4094239 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.