Maria Teresia Ledóchowska
Polish noblewoman, religious foundress and saint, editor (1863-1922)
Feast: 6 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Rome, Blessed Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, virgin, who worked with all her strength on behalf of Africans oppressed by slavery and founded the Sodality of Saint Peter Claver.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 6 July as the virgin who worked for Africans oppressed by slavery and founded the Sodality of Saint Peter Claver.
The cause
Maria Teresia Ledóchowska has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Official site of Blessed Maria Theresia Ledochowska.
Connected on this site
- Ursula Ledóchowska Saint Brother or sister
- Peter Claver Saint“Peter Claver, dedicated to spreading Catholicism in Africa.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 6 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q78650 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mary Theresa Ledóchowska (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.