Regina Protmann

[1] Her first biographer was the Jesuit Engelbert Keilert who described her as an intelligent and well-versed woman with a deep faith and sense of conviction.

[3] In 1571, she explained to her parents that she could not be married as expected but was devoting herself to religious studies and taking care of the sick and poor.

During a time of witch-hunt and strict counter-measures from the Roman Catholic Church it was unheard of for women to live on their own.

[1] The Saint Catherine of Alexandria church in Braunsberg was ruined in 1945 during its capture by the Soviet forces during World War II.

Pope John Paul II confirmed Protmann's heroic virtue and name her as venerable on 17 December 1996.