Alicja Kotowska
Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska | |
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Alicja Kotowska, c. 1938 | |
| Virgin and martyr | |
| Born | Maria Jadwiga Kotowska 20 November 1899 Warsaw, Vistula Land, Russian Empire |
| Died | 11 November 1939 (aged 39) Wielka Piaśnica, Nazi Germany |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 13 June 1999, Warsaw, Poland by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 11 November |
Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska (20 November 1899, Warsaw – 11 November 1939, near Wielka Piaśnica) was a Polish religious sister who was head of the Resurrectionist convent in Wejherowo between 1934 and 1939. She was arrested by the Gestapo on 24 October 1939 during prayer and murdered alongside over 300 other Poles and Jews on 11 November in one of the Piaśnica massacres. Witnesses reported seeing her comfort Jewish children while being transported. She was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1999 as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.