Blessed Maria Louise Merkert

Memorial: 14 November
Profile: Co-founder in 1842 of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth in Nelsse, Prussia, to tend in their own homes, without compensation, helpless sick persons who could not or would not be received into the hospitals.
Born: 21 September 1817 in Nysa, Opolskie, Poland
Died: 14 November 1872 in Nysa, Opolskie, Poland of natural causes
Venerated: 20 December 2004 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified: 20 September 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Canonized: pending; if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Maria, contact:
   Siostry Elzbietanki
   ul. Sobieskiego 7
   48-300 Nysa, POLAND
   - or -
   Suore di Santa Elisabetta
   Via Nomentana, 140
   00162 Roma, ITALY
Additional Information: Sióstr sw. Elzbiety - polish
Catholic Encyclopedia: Sisters of Saint Elizabeth
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