Maria Restituta Kafka SFCC | |
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 Kafka, c. 1919 | |
| Virgin and martyr | |
| Born | Helene Kafka 1 May 1894 Husovice, Margraviate of Moravia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 30 March 1943 (aged 48) Vienna, Nazi Germany |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 21 June 1998 by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 30 March, 29 October (in the archdiocese of Vienna) |
Maria Restituta Kafka (1 May 1894 – 30 March 1943) was an Austrian nurse of Czech descent and religious sister of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Sorores Franciscanae a Caritate Christiana). Executed by the government in Nazi-run Austria, she is honoured as a virgin and martyr in the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II beatified her in 1998.