URSULA LEDóCHOWSKA

'Julia Maria Ledóchowska' (17 April 1865 in Loosdorf, Austria - 29 May 1939 in Rome, Italy) was a Catholic nun and the foundress of the Congregation of Ursuline Sisters of Agonizing Heart of Jesus. Beatified by Pope John Paul II on 20 June 1983, she was made a saint by him in 2005.
Members of the Polish nobility, she and her siblings - including Wlodimir Ledochowski, Maria Theresa Ledochowska and Ignacy Kazimierz Ledóchowski - were born on the estate of their father, Count Antoni Halka-Ledóchowski. Their uncle was Cardinal Ledóchowski.

See also

★ Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (Grey Ursulines)

External links

★ profile of Ursula Julia (in Polish)

★ Catholic Forum profile of Ursula Julia

★ Catholic Online profile of Ursula Julia

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