Martyrs of Nowogródek
Born 1888–1916
Died 1 August 1943, Nowogródek, occupied Poland / occupied Belarus, Nazi German District of 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
The Martyrs of Nowogródek, also known as the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek and 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 Navahrudak, Belarus). They have been declared Blessed by virtue of martyrdom by Pope John Paul II on 5 March 2000.
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