Anna Kolesárová, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAnna Kolesárová
Slovak saint
Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1928
Place of Birth: Vysoká nad Uhom, Košice Region, Slovakia
Date of Death: 22-Nov-1944
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Anna Kolesárová
- Blessed Anna Kolesárová (14 July 1928 – 22 November 1944) was a Slovak Roman Catholic.
- Her life was cut short in 1944 when a Soviet Communist soldier killed her after she resisted his rape attempt.
- Those who knew her best described her as being a modest and simple girl who attended Mass each morning and assumed care of the household following her mother's death in her late childhood.Her beatification process opened in 2004 and she became titled as a Servant of God upon the cause's launch.
- The process culminated on 6 March 2018 after Pope Francis confirmed that she had died "in defensum castitatis" (meaning to preserve herself as a virgin) and had confirmed her beatification.
- The beatification was celebrated on 1 September 2018 in Slovakia.
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