Salomea of Poland
Polish princess, religious sister
Feast: 17 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Near Kraków in Poland, Blessed Salomea, who, queen of Halych, after the death of her husband, King Coloman, professed the rule of the Poor Clares and carried out in holiness the office of abbess in the monastery she had founded.
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 17 November as the widowed queen of Halych who became a Poor Clare and abbess of the monastery she founded.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 17 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3082936 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Salomea of Poland (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.