Blessed Martyrs of Drina

Blessed Martyrs of Drina
Painting of the Holy Martyrs of Drina, with the Holy Ghost above them.
Martyrs
BornAustria-Hungary
DiedGoražde, Independent State of Croatia
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified24 September 2011, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina by Cardinal Angelo Amato (on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI)
Major shrineDrina River, by the town of Goražde
Feast15 December
AttributesDove
Martyr's palm
Religious habit
PatronageNuns, the sick, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary, Austria

The Blessed Martyrs of Drina (Croatian: Drinske mučenice) are the professed Sisters of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, who died during World War II. Four were killed when they jumped out of a window in Goražde on 15 December 1941, reportedly to avoid being raped by Chetniks, and the last was killed by the Chetniks in Sjetlina the following week. The five nuns were later declared martyrs and beatified by Pope Benedict XVI (delegated to Cardinal Angelo Amato) on 24 September 2011.