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Gebharda Schröter

Sister of the Congregation of St Catherine, martyr in East Prussia

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

1945

Beatified

31 May 2025

by Leo XIV

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Gebharda Schröter, Maria in the world, was born on 1 December 1886 at Karschau, now Karszewo, in the district of Braunsberg, and served in the religious community of Heilsberg, now Lidzbark Warmiński. She was killed there on 2 February 1945 as the Red Army took the town. Pope Leo XIV beatified her on 31 May 2025.

The miracles

As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

She was shot as she knelt praying for her dying sister in religion.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.