Krizina Bojanc
Blessed Krizina Bojanc FDC | |
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| Born | May 14, 1885 Zbure, Slovenia |
| Died | December 15, 1941 (aged 56) |
Marija Krizina Bojanc FDC (May 14 1885 – December 15, 1941), baptized Jožefa, was a Slovenian Roman Catholic nun, farmer, and martyr.[1] She was a sister of the Institute of the Daughters of Divine Charity, and is one of the five Blessed Martyrs of Drina.[2] Bojanc's congregation prays for all of the martyrs on the 15th of every month.[3]
Pope Benedict XVI beatified Bojanc and her fellow martyrs and declared them blessed on January 14, 2011.[4] The ceremony was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on September 24, 2011, and Italian Cardinal Angelo Amato attended and celebrated the mass on behalf of Benedict.[5]
Bojanc had an agricultural vocation, farming to grow food and also tending cattle that supplied the sisters' charity schools and homes.[6]
References
- ^ Baković, Anto (1990). Drinske Mučenice: Vlastita Svjedočanstva Očevidaca, Dokumenti. Sarajevo.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Catholic Press Agency of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina (May 14, 2011). "Birthday of the Drina Martyr Sister Krizina (Rođendan Drinske mučenice sestre Krizine)". KTA BK BiH.
- ^ "Drina Martyrs". Daughters of Divine Charity.
- ^ "Causes of Saints". The Catholic Historical Review. 97 (2): 412. 2011.
- ^ K. T. "Martyrs of Drina". Nedjelja: Katolički Tjednik (Catholic newspaper published in Sarajevo).
- ^ Krajačić FDC, Sister M. Ozana (2011). Bilyck, Marianne (ed.). Drinske mučenice – život i mučeništvo [The Drina Martyrs: Their Lives and Martyrdom] (PDF). Translated by Penzer, Snježana. Zagreb, Croatia: The Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, Province of Divine Providence.