Maria Restituta Kafka
Austrian nurse, religious sister, and martyr / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maria Restituta Kafka (1 May 1894 – 30 March 1943) was an Austrian nurse of Czech descent and religious sister of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Sorores Franciscanae a Caritate Christiana). Executed by the government in Nazi-run Austria, she is honoured as a virgin and martyr in the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II beatified her in 1998.
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Maria Restituta Kafka SFCC | |
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Virgin and martyr | |
Born | Helene Kafka 1 May 1894 Husovice, Margraviate of Moravia, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 30 March 1943 (aged 48) Vienna, Nazi Germany |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 21 June 1998 by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 30 March, 29 October (in the archdiocese of Vienna) |
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