Marija Krucifiksa Kozulić
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Marija Krucifiksa Kozulić (Croatian: [mǎrija krutsifîksa kǒzulitɕ]; Italian: Maria Crocifissa Cosulich [maˈriːa krotʃiˈfissa ˈkɔːzulitʃ]; born Marija Nikolina Kozulić; 20 September 1852 – 29 September 1922) was a Croatian Italian Catholic nun who was part of the community of Sisters of the Sacred Heart. She was the founder of the Catholic order of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the only order indigenous to the Archdiocese of Rijeka in Croatia, and the first prioress of the order. Her beatification began in 2008 and her confirmation process started in 2013.
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Marija Krucifiksa Kozulić | |
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Born | Marija Nikolina Kozulić (1852-09-20)20 September 1852 |
Died | 29 September 1922(1922-09-29) (aged 70) Rijeka, Free State of Fiume |
Other names | Maria Crocifissa Cosulich |
Occupation(s) | Nun, prioress |
Years active | 1879–1922 |
Known for | Establishing the only order of Catholic nuns indigenous to the Archdiocese of Rijeka in Croatia |
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