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Also known as

• Daughters of Divine Charity of Drina
• Drina Martyrs

Memorial

• 15 December

Profile

Five members of the Daughters of Divine Charity who were martyred while fighting off Chetnik rapists. They were

• Blessed Jožefa Bojanc
• Blessed Jožefa Fabjan
• Blessed Karoline Anna Leidenix
• Blessed Kata Ivaniševic
• Blessed Terezija Banja

Died

• December 1941 in 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

MLA Citation

• “Martyrs of Drina“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 December 2015. Web. 16 December 2018. <>