May 29: saint of the day, name day


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The Saint of the day 29 May is Saint Ursola Ledochowska, which name day is celebrated and other saints are celebrated on this date.


Sant’Orsola Ledochowska

Born in Loosdorf in Austria on April 17, 1865 and died in Rome on May 29, 1939, Giulia Maria Ledochowska was a Polish religious.

Giulia Maria was the second of seven children and was part of a noble family of Polish origin who boasted prestigious religious traditions.


In fact, Uncle Mieczysław was a cardinal, Brother Wlodzimierz was appointed General Superior of the Society of Jesus, while his sister Maria Teresa was the founder of the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver, later beatified by Pope Paul VI in 1975.

His father Antonio was an officer in the Austrian army, his mother Giuseppina descended from an ancient lineage of Swiss knights.

When she was still young, her family moved to Poland, to the Lipnica Murowana estate, located near Krakow.


The young Giulia turned out to be a radiant girl, able to study with profit and to go with great ease on horseback, she also knew various languages ​​and was pleased to hold the conversation with the guests who often frequented her family.

When she entered the Ursuline convent in Krakow at the age of 21, during her life she engaged in helping others, working in different territories, including Russia, Sweden and Finland.

Founder in 1920 of the new religious order of the Ursulines of the Sacred Heart of Jesus dying and died in 1939, she was proclaimed a saint in 2003 by Pope John Paul II.


Other saints and celebrations of 29 May

  • Sant'Alessandro
  • Protomartire Trentino

  • Santa Bona from Pisa
  • Virgin

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