Angela Salawa
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Angela Salawa was born on September 9, 1881 in Krakow
, Poland
. She was the 11th child and lived in a very religious family. She served in hospitals in World War I
but became sick and died five years later in 1922. She was beatified by Pope John Paul in 1991.
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. She was the 11th child and lived in a very religious family. She served in hospitals in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
but became sick and died five years later in 1922. She was beatified by Pope John Paul in 1991.