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Karolina Kózka (2 August 1898 – 18 November 1914) was a Polish teenager who has been beatified as a virgin-martyr by the Roman Catholic Church. She died while resisting an attempted rape by a Russian soldier. She was almost immediately venerated by people in her hometown following her death. Efforts to have her declared a saint began in 1965. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987. She is sometimes called the Polish Maria Goretti. ==Young life== Born on August 2, 1898, Karolina Kozka was one of eleven children, although sources conflict about her being the 4th, 7th, or 8th born.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Kuria )〕 Her parents were Jan and Maria Borzecka Kozka of Poland.〔 The family lived in the Wal-Ruda and was part of the Diocese of Tarnow. From 1904–1912, Karolina attended the classes at the local school.〔 She grew up in a Catholic family who prayed every day and displayed the love of God to her. Often, Karolina would gather neighbors and relatives, mainly children, and they would read the Scriptures together under a pear tree near her home.〔 She loved praying the rosary, using the beads given to her by her mother. Her prayers often caused her to get less sleep than she needed. “Often during the day she quietly whispered the words, ‘Hail Mary!’ as she herself often said, because they made her ‘feel a great joy in her heart’”.〔 She would pray the rosary constantly, and even though it was a long walk to Mass, she would go during the week, in addition to Sunday.〔 Karolina’s uncle, Franciszek Borzecki, was one inspiration for her faith. Because of her love for serving, she helped her uncle in the library, and she also helped organize things at her parish. In addition to serving the Church, she taught her younger siblings and the children of the area their catechism. By age 16, Karolina was a beautiful, enthusiastic girl.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karolina Kózka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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