Alicja Kotowska
Polish nun (1899-1939)
Feast: 11 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the town of Laski Piasnica near the city of Wejherowo in Poland, Blessed Alicja Kotowska, virgin of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection of the Lord and martyr, who during the war was shot dead for having steadfastly defended her faith in Christ.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 11 November as a Sister of the Resurrection shot during the war near Wejherowo for defending her faith in Christ.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 11 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q456400 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alicja Kotowska (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.