Hildegard Burjan
Austrian politician (1883-1933) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hildegard Lea Burjan (née Hildegard Freund; 30 January 1883 – 11 June 1933) was a German Roman Catholic convert from Judaism and the founder of the Sisterhood of Caritas Socialis.[1][2] Burjan set up several organizations for the promotion of women's rights and for the rights of all workers and their families and this even saw her elected to the Austrian Parliament where she served until her retirement due to ill health.[3]
Blessed Hildegard Burjan | |
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Born | (1883-01-30)30 January 1883 Görlitz, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
Died | 11 June 1933(1933-06-11) (aged 50) Vienna, First Austrian Republic |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 29 January 2012, Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Austria by Cardinal Angelo Amato |
Feast | 12 June |
The beatification process commenced under Pope John Paul II in 1982, and Pope Benedict XVI named her as Venerable in 2007; that same pope beatified Burjan in 2012 though Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the celebration on the pope's behalf.