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Also known as

• Bronislava Odrowaz
• Bronislava of Cracow
• Bronislawa….

Memorial

• 29 August
• 30 August on some calendars
• 1 September on some calendars
• 2 September (Archdiocese of Warmia, Poland)

Profile

Daughter of Count Stanislaus and Countess Anna of Prandata-Odrowaz; related to Saint Hyacinth and Blessed Czeslaw. Premonstratensian nun. Hermitess. When Saint Hyacinth died, Bronislava had a vision of Mary welcoming him to heaven.

Born

• 1200 at Kamien, Lubelskie, Poland as Bronislawa Odrowaz

Died

• 29 August 1259 at Zwierzyniec, Lubelskie, Poland of natural causes
• re-interred in her convent church in 1261
• the church was later destroyed and her relics lost during a Swedish invasion
• relics re-discovered in the 17th century

Beatified

• 23 August 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed)

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Bronislava of Poland“. CatholicSaints.Info. 15 February 2020. Web. 5 August 2020. <>