Angela Truszkowska
Polish beatified nun (1825–1898)
Feast: 10 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Kraków in Poland, Blessed Angela Maria (Zofia Kamila) Truszkowska, virgin, who founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters under the title of Saint Felix of Cantalice to help abandoned children, the poor and the marginalised.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 10 October as the founder of the Felician Franciscan Sisters, who served abandoned children, the poor and the marginalised.
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.
Connected on this site
- Felix of Cantalice Saint“Felix of Cantalice Third Order Regular of St.” — Wikipedia
- Francis of Assisi Saint“Francis of Assisi (Felician sisters), she forged one of the first active-contemplative communities that, nearly a century and a half later, would grow to include more than 1,800 sisters over four continents serving in an array of ministries.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 10 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q453678 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Angela Truszkowska (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.