Krizina Bojanc

Blessed

Krizina Bojanc FDC
Born(1885-05-14)May 14, 1885
Zbure, Slovenia
DiedDecember 15, 1941(1941-12-15) (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

  1. ^ Baković, Anto (1990). Drinske Mučenice: Vlastita Svjedočanstva Očevidaca, Dokumenti. Sarajevo.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Drina Martyrs". Daughters of Divine Charity.
  4. ^ "Causes of Saints". The Catholic Historical Review. 97 (2): 412. 2011.
  5. ^ K. T. "Martyrs of Drina". Nedjelja: Katolički Tjednik (Catholic newspaper published in Sarajevo).
  6. ^ 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.