Zdenka Cecília Schelingová was a Slovak Catholic nun and nurse born in 1916 who became a victim of communist persecution. A member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross, she served in hospitals in Humenné and Bratislava. During the political upheaval following the 1948 coup, she risked her life to help priests escape imprisonment and state-mandated labor. Her efforts led to her arrest, subsequent torture in various prisons, and a terminal illness, eventually leading to her death in 1955.