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|SaintName=Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska | |SaintName=Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=October 05 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Głogowiec, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland | |SaintBirthPlace=Głogowiec, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=52.083333, 19.033333 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=52.083333, 19.033333 | ||
|SaintDeathDate= | |SaintDeathDate=1938-05-10 | ||
|DeathPlace=Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland | |DeathPlace=Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=50.058000, 19.938000 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=50.058000, 19.938000 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Site of Divine Mercy revelations and tomb | |NotableLabel3=Site of Divine Mercy revelations and tomb | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=50.058300, 19.967200 | |NotableCoordinates3=50.058300, 19.967200 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Poland | ||
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of Kraków]] | |||
|Beatifier=Pope John Paul II | |Beatifier=Pope John Paul II | ||
|BeatificationLocation=St. Peter's Square, Vatican City | |BeatificationLocation=St. Peter's Square, Vatican City | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Pope John Paul II | |Canonizer=Pope John Paul II | ||
|CanonizationLocation=St. Peter's Square, Vatican City | |CanonizationLocation=St. Peter's Square, Vatican City | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Healing of Maureen Digan from lymphatic cancer | |SaintMiracle1=Healing of Maureen Digan from lymphatic cancer | ||
|SaintMiracle2=Healing of Fr. Ronald Pytel from congestive heart failure | |SaintMiracle2=Healing of Fr. Ronald Pytel from congestive heart failure | ||
|Profession=nun | |Profession=nun | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy | |ReligiousAffiliation=Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy | ||
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|Attributes=Divine Mercy image | |Attributes=Divine Mercy image | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy, Łagiewniki, Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland | |PrimaryShrine=Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy, Łagiewniki, Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland | ||
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'''Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska''', also known as '''Saint Faustina''', was a 20th-century Polish nun and mystic whose visions of Jesus Christ promoted the devotion to Divine Mercy, as detailed in her spiritual diary ''Divine Mercy in My Soul''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=510 |title=St. Faustina Kowalska - Saints & Angels |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born Helena Kowalska on August 25, 1905, in the rural village of Głogowiec near Łódź, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Warsaw on August 1, 1925, taking the religious name Maria Faustina.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20000430_faustina_en.html |title=Mary Faustina Kowalska |publisher=Holy See |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> According to verified accounts from her convent superiors and the diary authenticated during her cause, Faustina experienced private revelations from 1931 to 1938, including the Divine Mercy image, chaplet, and feast, commissioned by Christ to emphasize mercy amid impending global conflict.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-maria-faustina-kowalska/ |title=Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska |publisher=Franciscan Media |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Her humble life of prayer, obedience, and suffering from tuberculosis exemplified the "Apostle of Divine Mercy," influencing Pope John Paul II's establishment of Divine Mercy Sunday. | '''Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska''', also known as '''Saint Faustina''', was a 20th-century Polish nun and mystic whose visions of Jesus Christ promoted the devotion to Divine Mercy, as detailed in her spiritual diary ''Divine Mercy in My Soul''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=510 |title=St. Faustina Kowalska - Saints & Angels |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born Helena Kowalska on August 25, 1905, in the rural village of Głogowiec near Łódź, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Warsaw on August 1, 1925, taking the religious name Maria Faustina.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20000430_faustina_en.html |title=Mary Faustina Kowalska |publisher=Holy See |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> According to verified accounts from her convent superiors and the diary authenticated during her cause, Faustina experienced private revelations from 1931 to 1938, including the Divine Mercy image, chaplet, and feast, commissioned by Christ to emphasize mercy amid impending global conflict.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-maria-faustina-kowalska/ |title=Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska |publisher=Franciscan Media |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Her humble life of prayer, obedience, and suffering from tuberculosis exemplified the "Apostle of Divine Mercy," influencing Pope John Paul II's establishment of Divine Mercy Sunday. | ||