Maria Adelaidis Töpfer
Sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth, martyr in Silesia
Who they were
Maria Adelaidis Töpfer, in the world Hedwig Agnes, was born at Nysa on 26 August 1887 and made her perpetual profession in 1919; she stayed in the same city to care for the needy and was shot by a soldier on 24 March 1945 in front of the sick she was nursing. She was beatified on 11 June 2022 at Wrocław by Pope Francis among Maria Paschalis Jahn and nine companions.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that she gave her life caring for those entrusted to her and defending her consecrated chastity.
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
- Maria Paschalis Jahn Blessed“She was beatified on 11 June 2022 at Wrocław by Pope Francis among Maria Paschalis Jahn and nine companions.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 114 (2022), p. 1151 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 June 2022
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 114 (2022), p. 1466 - beatification letter
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.