Adelgard Bönigk
Sister of the Congregation of St Catherine, martyr in East Prussia
Who they were
Adelgard Bönigk, Agathe Euphemia in the world, was born on 5 February 1900 at Altmark, now Stary Targ, in the district of Stuhm. She was seized when Red Army soldiers entered Rastenburg, now Kętrzyn, on 27 January 1945. Pope Leo XIV beatified her on 31 May 2025.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
She was tied by the feet to a vehicle and dragged through the streets of the town until she died.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 117 (2025), p. 341 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 31 May 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.