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The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries).They were executed by the guillotine towards the end of the Reign of Terror, at what is now the Place de la Nation in Paris on 17 July 1794, and are venerated as martyr saints of the Catholic Church.
Many Catholic nuns went to France. Anglican religious orders are organizations of laity or clergy in the Anglican Communion who live under a common rule. The term "religious orders" is distinguished from Holy Orders (the sacrament of ordination which bishops, priests, and deacons receive), though many communities do have ordained members.
She was arrested by the Gestapo and condemned to Auschwitz camp. She put up heroically with all the abuses of the camp and died on Easter Sunday 1944. The bishop later returned to the Catholic Church. Maria Antonina Kratochwil, SSND nun (1881–1942) died as a result of the torture she endured while imprisoned in Stanisławów.
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).
The Catholic Church has a term for bodies of faithful dead that do not decompose — incorruptible. Graig Graziosi reports Why are thousands of people clamouring to see the body of a Missouri nun ...
From reading the life of the reformer of the Carmelites, Teresa of Ávila, [7] Stein was drawn to the Christian faith. She was baptized on 1 January 1922 into the Catholic Church. At that point, she wanted to become a Discalced Carmelite nun but was dissuaded by her spiritual mentor, the archabbot of Beuron, Raphael Walzer OSB.
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Translator of Chinese Catholic Bible Blessed Vasil Hopko: 1904: Hrabské, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia) 1976: Prešov, Slovakia: Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov: Blessed Maria Romero Meneses: 1902: Granada, Nicaragua: 1977: León, Nicaragua: Nun known for her work with the poor in Costa Rica. Paul VI: 1897: Concesio, Italy: 1978: Vatican City ...