DD.O.M.
D.O.M.
ChatSearchApps
NotificationsSettings

Bronislava of Poland

Bronislava of Poland

Blessed
September 1 · 1203–1259

Bronislava of Poland (1203, Kamień Śląski — 1259) — Blessed, abbess. Feast day: 1 September.

Middle AgesPolandMonks and nuns
1days of remembrance1traditionsName in 28 languages

Bronislava of Poland was a 13th-century Premonstratensian nun who served as an abbess. Born in Kamień around 1203 or 1204 to noble parents, she was a cousin of Saint Hyacinth. Following his introduction to the religious community at Zwierzyniec, she dedicated her life to serving the impoverished and the sick through a very austere lifestyle. She is recognized as a blessed in the Roman Catholic Church, having been beatified by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839.

Read in full on Factograf
Bronislava of Poland
Wojciech Eljasz-Radzikowski (1814-1904) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Login

Also remembered that day

Dionysius ExiguusSaint · 475–544Simeon StylitesVenerable monastic · 389–459GilesSaint · 640–710VerenaSaint · 260–344Lupus of SensSaint · †623Sixtus of ReimsSaint · †67DDouceline of DigneSaint · 1214–1274Blessed Giuliana of CollaltoBlessed · 1186–1262
Everyone remembered on this day
D.O.M. feedChatSearchAppsDProfile