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Faustina Kowalska
Nun and saint from Poland
Saint Faustina Kowalska OLM | |
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| Born | (1905-08-25)25 August 1905 Głogowiec, Łęczyca County, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 5 October 1938(1938-10-05) (aged 33) Kraków, Second Polish Republic |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church, Palmarian Church |
| Beatified | 18 April 1993, St.
Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 30 April 2000, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Basilica of Divine Mercy, Kraków, Poland |
| Feast | 5 October (Catholic Church), First Sunday after Easter (Palmarian Church) |
Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938[1]) was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic.
Faustyna, popularly spelled "Faustina", had apparitions of Jesus Christ which inspired the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy, therefore she is sometimes called the "secretary
