Anna Abrikosova
Soviet linguist (1882-1936)
Who they were
Anna Ivanovna Abrikosova (Russian: Анна Ивановна Абрикосова; 23 January 1882 – 23 July 1936), later known as "Mother Catherine of Siena" (Russian: Екатери́на Сие́нская, Ekaterína Siénskaya), was a Russian Greek Catholic religious sister and literary translator, who died after more than a decade of solitary confinement as a prisoner of conscience in Joseph Stalin's concentration camps.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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
- Andrey Sheptytsky Saint“Pius X, Andrey Sheptytsky, and Leonid Feodorov, one of the driving forces behind the canonical formation of the Russian Greek Catholic Church in 1917.” — Wikipedia
- Catherine of Siena Saint“Anna Ivanovna Abrikosova (Russian: Анна Ивановна Абрикосова; 23 January 1882 – 23 July 1936), later known as "Mother Catherine of Siena" (Russian: Екатери́на Сие́нская, Ekaterína Siénskaya), was a Russian Greek Catholic religious sister and literary translator, who died after more than a decade of solitary…” — Wikipedia
- Vincent de Paul Saint“Vincent de Paul chapel of the Church of the Madeline in Paris in 1908.” — Wikipedia
- Leonid Feodorov Blessed“Pius X, Andrey Sheptytsky, and Leonid Feodorov, one of the driving forces behind the canonical formation of the Russian Greek Catholic Church in 1917.” — Wikipedia
- santiebeati.it - Serva di Dio Caterina (Anna Ivanovna) Abrikosova — Moscow, 2 January 1883 - 23 June 1936; Russian Dominican, named a Servant of God of the Catholic Church (page calls her Martire). Page gives Servant of God, not Venerable.
- Wikidata Q1985880 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Anna Abrikosova (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.