Maria Adelheidis Töpfer
Sister of the Congregation of St Catherine, martyr in Silesia
Who they were
Maria Adelheidis Töpfer, Hedwig Agnes in the world, was born at Nysa on 26 August 1887, made her first profession on 15 June 1910 and her perpetual profession on 28 July 1919. She was killed at Nysa on 24 March 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 shot by a Russian soldier in front of the sick people she was nursing.
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.