Marianna married a farmer and had six children, but only two of them survived infancy. In 1943, during the Second World War, her son Stanisław and his wife were arrested by German soldiers. In retaliation for the death of other German soldiers that had been killed in a nearby village,[1] the husband and wife Anna were singled out to be shot. Marianna offered to take the place of her pregnant daughter in-law (the couple already had a two-year-old daughter named Genia), and the soldiers agreed. After two weeks of imprisonment, Marianna was shot and killed on 13 July, 1943, in Naumowicze (Naumovichi), Belarus.[2][3] Her last request was to hold her rosary, which was granted.
Anna lived to age 98. Their descendants still live in the area.
BeatificationEdit
On 13 June 1999, Marianna was beatified and recognised as a martyr, along with 107 other victims,[4] by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland.
There are two parishes in Poland named for the 108 Martyrs of World War II, one in Powiercie in Koło County, and another in Malbork.[5]
ReferencesEdit
^"Saints of our Time". WomenPriests.Org. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
^(PDF). MARIAN PRESS. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
^Gallick, Sarah (2007). The Big Book of Women Saints. HarperCollins. p. 416. ISBN9780060825126.
^Cruz, Joan Carroll (2004). Saintly Women Of Modern Times. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. p. 153. ISBN9781592760039.
^. CatholicForum.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
Additional sources
Zdanowicz, Andrzej (April 4, 2011). "Marianna Biernacka, blogoslawiona. Patronka tesciowych" [Marianna Biernacka, blessed. Patroness of tesciowych] (in Polish). Gazeta Wspolczesna.
marianna, biernacka, née, czokało, 1888, july, 1943, roman, catholic, citizen, poland, victim, nazi, germany, second, world, beatified, martyrs, world, group, also, known, blessed, polish, martyrs, polish, błogosławionych, męczenników, picture, 1930sborn1888di. Marianna Biernacka nee Czokalo 1888 13 July 1943 was a Roman Catholic citizen of Poland and a victim of Nazi Germany in the Second World War She is one of the beatified 108 Martyrs of World War II a group also known as the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs Polish 108 blogoslawionych meczennikow Marianna BiernackaPicture of Bl Marianna Biernacka in the 1930sBorn1888Died 1943 07 13 July 13 1943 aged 54 55 Naumowicze Naumovichi BelarusNationalityPolishBlessed Marianna BiernackaMartyrVenerated inRoman Catholic Church Belarusian Greek Catholic ChurchBeatified13 June 1999 Warsaw Poland by Pope John Paul IIBiography EditMarianna married a farmer and had six children but only two of them survived infancy In 1943 during the Second World War her son Stanislaw and his wife were arrested by German soldiers In retaliation for the death of other German soldiers that had been killed in a nearby village 1 the husband and wife Anna were singled out to be shot Marianna offered to take the place of her pregnant daughter in law the couple already had a two year old daughter named Genia and the soldiers agreed After two weeks of imprisonment Marianna was shot and killed on 13 July 1943 in Naumowicze Naumovichi Belarus 2 3 Her last request was to hold her rosary which was granted Anna lived to age 98 Their descendants still live in the area Beatification EditOn 13 June 1999 Marianna was beatified and recognised as a martyr along with 107 other victims 4 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw Poland There are two parishes in Poland named for the 108 Martyrs of World War II one in Powiercie in Kolo County and another in Malbork 5 References Edit Saints of our Time WomenPriests Org Retrieved September 21 2012 THE MARIAN MARTYRS OF ROSICA PDF MARIAN PRESS Archived from the original PDF on September 24 2015 Retrieved September 21 2012 Gallick Sarah 2007 The Big Book of Women Saints HarperCollins p 416 ISBN 9780060825126 Cruz Joan Carroll 2004 Saintly Women Of Modern Times Our Sunday Visitor Publishing p 153 ISBN 9781592760039 108 Martyrs of World War Two CatholicForum com Archived from the original on September 24 2010 Retrieved September 21 2012 Additional sourcesZdanowicz Andrzej April 4 2011 Marianna Biernacka blogoslawiona Patronka tesciowych Marianna Biernacka blessed Patroness of tesciowych in Polish Gazeta Wspolczesna Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Catholicism nbsp Poland Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marianna Biernacka amp oldid 1161866290, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
