Celestina Catarina Faron
Polish nun, martyr, blessed of the Catholic Church (1913–1944)
Feast: 9 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the extermination camp of Auschwitz near Kraków in Poland, Blessed Celestina Catarina Faron, virgin of the Congregation of the Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and martyr, who, during the military occupation of Poland in time of war, was thrown into prison for her faith in Christ and, after being subjected to tortures, obtained the glorious crown.
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 9 April as a religious sister and martyr imprisoned and tortured for her faith, who died at Auschwitz.
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, 9 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2471413 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.