Blessed Karolina Kózkówna

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Also known as
Maria Goretti of Poland; Caroline Kozka
Memorial
18 November
Profile
Fourth of eleven children born to the farm family of Jan and Maria Borzechka Kózka. Catechist. A teenaged virgin, she refused the advances of a Russian soldier. He kidnapped her, dragged her into the forest, and murdered her during an attempted rape. Martyr of purity.
Born
2 August 1898 at Wal-Ruda, Poland
Died
murdered during a rape attempt by a Russian soldier on 18 November 1914 in the forests around Wal-Ruda, Poland; her body was found on 4 December 1914; buried at Zabawa, Poland
Beatified
10 June 1987 at Tarnów, Poland by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
pending
Images
Gallery of images of Blessed Karolina [6 images, 141 kb]
Print References
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
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