Maria Adela Schramm
Sister of the Congregation of St Catherine, martyr in Silesia
Who they were
Maria Adela Schramm, Klara in the world, was born at Łączna on 3 June 1885, made her first profession on 16 August 1915 and her perpetual profession on 29 June 1924. She was killed at Godzieszów on 25 February 1945, and Pope Francis beatified her on 11 June 2022.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
She was killed at Godzieszów together with the elderly people she had stayed behind to care for.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - paschalina-jahn-e-9-compagne
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 June 2022
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.