Maria-Klementina Anuarita Nengapeta
Maria-Klementina Anuarita Nengapeta (often also in French Marie Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta or lingala Anoalite ) (born December 29, 1939 in Wamba, † December 1, 1964 in Isiro ) was a sister of the Holy Family of a religious order in diocesan law in the Belgian Congo ( today: Democratic Republic of the Congo ) and the first African nun to be beatified by the Pope .
Life
She was baptized Alphonsine in 1943 at the same time as her mother and her two older sisters . She was trained as a teacher with the Sisters of the Holy Family (Jamaa Takatifu) in Kinshasa on August 5, 1959. At the age of only 25, she was killed in the Simba uprising under Pierre Mulele in the 1964 Civil War by a soldier, Colonel Pierre Colombe, after an attempted rape, which she resisted. With her more than 250 missionaries and religious sisters died by communist rebels. On August 15, 1985, John Paul II beatified her.
literature
- Ferdinand Holböck , The New Saints of the Catholic Church , Vol. 2, Stein am Rhein 1992, p. 68
- Esposito RF Clementina Anuarita Nengapeta . Modena. 1967 (Bari, 1978)
- Bernhard Robben, you'd better kill me! , Johannes-Verlag, Leutesdorf, 1984, 3rd ed.
- Bernhard Robben, Pope John Paul II will beatify Anuarite , Johannes-Verlag, Leutesdorf, 1984, 1st ed.
Web links
- Literature by and about Maria-Klementina Anuarita Nengapeta in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography on the portal to the Catholic spiritual world
Individual evidence
- ^ Dictionary of African Christian Biography
- ↑ Or Olombe, after: Dictionary of African Christian Biography
- ↑ "Slain Zaire Now Beatified"
- ↑ Sermons John Paul II.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nengapeta, Maria-Klementina Anuarita |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nengapeta, Marie Clémentine Anuarite; Anoalite |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | African nun |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wamba |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 1964 |
| Place of death | Isiro |