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Also known as

• Caroline Kózkówny
• Karolina Kózka
• Karolina Kozkowna
• Karolina Kózkówny
• the Maria Goretti of Poland

Memorial

• 18 November

Profile

Fourth of eleven children born to the farm family of Jan and Maria Borzechka Kózka. Catechist. A teenaged virgin, she refused the advances of a Russian soldier. He kidnapped her, dragged her into the forest, and murdered her during an attempted rape. Martyr of purity.

Born

• 2 August 1898 at Wal-Ruda, Poland

Died

• murdered during a rape attempt by a Russian soldier on 18 November 1914 in the forests around Wal-Ruda, Poland
• her body was found on 4 December 1914
• buried at Zabawa, Poland

Venerated

• 30 June 1986 at Tarnów, Poland by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom

Beatified

• 10 June 1987 at Tarnów, Poland by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Karoliny Kózkówny“. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 July 2023. Web. 24 April 2024. <>