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Also known as

• Sister Maria Berchmana Johanna
• Sister Marija Berchmana Johanna Leidenix

Memorial

• 23 December
• 15 December as one of the Drina Martyrs

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Member of the Daughters of Divine Charity. Martyred by a Chetnik soldier.

Born

• 28 October 1865 in Enzersdorf an der Fischa, Bruck an der Leitha, Austria

Died

• 23 December 1941 in the forest outside Goražde, Bosansko-Podrinjski, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Venerated

• 14 January 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 24 September 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI
• beatification recognition celebrated at the Olimpijska Dvorana Zetra, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato