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Also known as

• Salomea of Cracow
• Salomea of Poland
• Salomea of Polonia
• Salome…

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• 17 November

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Born to the nobility, the daughter of Lescon V, Duke of Cracow, and Sandomir. At the age of three years, she was given in a political marriage to Colomon, a prince of Hungary, and the brother of Saint Elizabeth 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. 25 September 2023. Web. 3 May 2024. <>