Nikolosa Bursa

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Nikolosa Bursa (* in Koper , Slovenia ; † 24. April 1512 in Venice ) was a Benedictine nun and abbess of the monastery on the Venetian San Servolo .

According to tradition, Mother Nikolosa is said to have predicted the day of the death of the other sisters. When she was reburied fourteen years after her death, it was found that her body had not decomposed. The full-body relic is since 1820 part of the collection of relics of Vodnjan in the church of Vodnjan in Istria and one of the mummies of Vodnjan. These got there when they were outsourced from Venice. Mother Nikolosa is awarded 50 healings.

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