Santa Faustina Kowalska
Also known as Mary Faustina Kowalska, Saint Faustina, Maria Faustyna Kowalska, Faustyna Kowalska
nun and saint from Poland (1905–1938)
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Saint Faustina Kowalska was a Polish nun who lived from 1905 to 1938 and is venerated in the Catholic Church for her spiritual writings about God's mercy. She matters because her teachings and visions became central to the modern Catholic devotion to Divine Mercy, which the Church has officially recognized and promoted.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1905
- Died
- 1938
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Divina Misericordia
- Divine Mercy in My Soul
- Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
- Conversations with the Merciful Lord
- Dzienniczek
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- Total plays
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Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938) was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic. Faustyna, popularly spelled Faustina in English, had apparitions of Jesus Christ which inspired the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy, therefore she is sometimes called the "secretary" of Divine Mercy.
Throughout her life, Kowalska reported having visions of Jesus and conversations with him, which she noted in her diary, later published as The Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul. Her biography, submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, quoted some of the conversations with Jesus regarding the Divine Mercy devotion.
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1905 births1938 deaths20th-century Christian mystics20th-century Christian saints20th-century Polish Roman Catholic nunsChristian female saints of the Late Modern eraCommons link from WikidataDivine Mercy (Catholic devotion)People from Łęczyca CountyPolish Roman Catholic saintsPolish Roman Catholic writersRoman Catholic mystics