Maria Merkert

Organization founder

1817 – 1872

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Who was Maria Merkert?

Maria Merkert was the co-Foundress and first Superior General of the Congregation of St Elizabeth. Her father died when she was an infant and her mother died in 1842. Along with her sister she devoted herself to the poor. She was declared venerable in 2004. Her beatification was held on September 30, 2007 in Nysa.

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Born
Sep 21, 1817
Nysa
Died
Nov 14, 1872
Nysa

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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