Hildegard Burjan
Hildegard Lea Burjan (30 January 1883 – 11 June 1933) was an Austrian politician and convert from Judaism to the Roman Catholic Church. She founded the Sisterhood of Caritas Socialis. Burjan set up several organizations for the promotion of women's rights and for the rights of all workers and their families and this even saw her elected to the Austrian Parliament where she served until her retirement due to ill health.
A beatification process for Hildegard Burjan commenced under Pope John Paul II in 1982. Pope Benedict XVI beatified her in 2012; Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the celebration on the pope's behalf.
In the Martyrology
- June 11 Blessed Hildegard Burjan (Hildegard Lea Freund), religious