Bolesława Lament
Beatified Polish nun (1862-1946)
Feast: 29 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Bolesława Lament was born at Łowicz in Poland on 3 July 1862, the eldest of eight children; as a child she saw three of her siblings die. She opened a tailoring workshop with her sister and was soon put in charge of a shelter for the homeless.
Amid political upheaval she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family, to promote Christian unity, help the destitute and form girls in the Christian life. She died at Białystok on 29 January 1946, aged 84.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
She worked for the unity of Christians and for the homeless and girls no one else looked after.
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
- Honorat Koźmiński Blessed“The death of her seminarian brother prompted her to return to the religious life – Honorat Koźmiński encouraged this return – and she later founded a congregation that soon spread and took her to Russia though its revolution forced her departure during World War I.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Boleslava Lament
- Wikidata Q456721 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bolesława Lament (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.