Zofia Czeska
| Blessed Zofia Czeska | |
|---|---|
| Nun | |
| Born |
1584 Budziszowice, Kazimierski, Poland |
| Died |
1 April 1650 (aged 66) Kraków, Poland |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 9 June 2013, Krakow, Poland by Cardinal Angelo Amato |
| Feast | 1 April |
| Attributes | Nun's habit |
Blessed Zofia Czeska-Maciejowska (1584 – 1 April 1650) was a Polish nun in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Life
Czeska organised a school for girls in Kraków and the women's religious institute (Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin); it continues its existence in Poland and Ukraine.
She married and was widowed at which point her religious calling flourished. Thus the institution that she had introduced was dedicated to the care and the education of poor and orphaned girls.[1]
Beatification
The beatification process opened in Poland on 1 April 1995 and concluded its business on 20 November 1997; during the process the formal assent to the cause was granted on 2 June 1995 and granted the use of the title Servant of God. The process was ratified on 30 March 1998 and the Positio was sent to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome in 2005 for assessment.
On 27 June 2011 she was proclaimed to be Venerable after Pope Benedict XVI found that she had lived a life of heroic virtue. The pope also signed a decree that recognized a miracle attributed to her on 20 December 2012. The miracle was investigated from 5 September 2003 until the beginning of 2004; it was ratified later in 2008. Cardinal Angelo Amato - on behalf of Pope Francis - celebrated the beatification on 9 June 2013 in Krakow.
References
- ↑ "Blessed Zofia Czeska-Maciejowska". Saints SQPN. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.