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Also known as

• Salomea of Poland
• Salomea of Polonia
• Salome…

Memorial

• 17 November

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Born to the nobility. Married in her youth to Colomon, a prince of Hungary. Widowed, Salomea followed a call to religious life; she became a Franciscan Poor Clare nun, founded a monastery, and eventually serving as its abbess.

Born

• 13th century Galicia (in modern Poland)

Died

• 17 November 1268 near Cracow, Poland of natural causes
• relics enshrined in Cracow

Beatified

• 1673 by Pope Clement X (cultus confirmation)

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Salomea of Galicia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 July 2021. Web. 8 December 2021. <>