Bronislava of Poland

Blessed Bronislava (Polish: Bronisława; c. 1204 –1259) was a Polish nun of the Premonstratensian Order. She is beatified in the Roman Catholic Church.

Stained glass blessed Bronislava in cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław

Early life

Bronislava was born at Kamień, Włodawa County, in eastern Poland as Bronislawa Odrowaz in about 1200, although some sources give a birth date of 1203 or 1204. Bronislava died of natural causes on 29 August 1259 at Zwierzyniec. and in 1707 she was designated a patron of Poland, and of orphans. She was beatified by Pope Gregory XVI on 23 August 1839,

She is commemorated by the Blessed Bronisława Chapel in Kraków. A minor planet discovered in 1933 was named "Bronislawa" in her honour. There is a street named for her in the Ligota-Panewniki region of Katowice.