Martyrs of Nowogródek
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The Martyrs of Nowogródek, also known as the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek, the Eleven Nuns of Nowogródek or Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions, were a group of members of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, a Polish Roman Catholic religious congregation, executed by the Gestapo in August 1943 in occupied Poland (present-day Novogrudok, Belarus). They have been declared Blessed by virtue of martyrdom by Pope John Paul II on 5 March 2000.[2]
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Martyrs of Nowogródek | |
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Born | 1888–1916 |
Died | 1 August 1943, Novogrudok, Generalbezirk Weissruthenien, Reichskommissariat Ostland |
Martyred by | The Nazi Gestapo during The Holocaust |
Means of martyrdom | Execution by firing squad |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church[1] |
Beatified | 5 March 2000, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 4 September |
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