Maria Restituta

About

Nun and nurse who was martyred by the Nazi regime after she refused to take down the crucifixes from the hospital that she worked at.

Before Fame

She moved to Vienna when she was 2.

Trivia

She was arrested and beheaded by the Nazi regime after she refused to take down the crucifixes from the walls of the hospital she worked at.

Family Life

Her father was a shoemaker in the former Austro-Hungarian empire.

Associated With

She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1998.