Marija Krucifiksa Kozulić (Croatian: [mǎrija krutsifîksa kǒzulitɕ]; Italian: Maria Crocifissa Cosulich [maˈriːa krotʃiˈfissa ˈkɔːzulitʃ]; born Marija Nikolina Kozulić; 20 September 1852 – 29 September 1922) was a Croatian Italian Catholic nun who was part of the community of Sisters of the Sacred Heart. She was the founder of the Catholic order of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the only order indigenous to the Archdiocese of Rijeka in Croatia, and the first prioress of the order. Her beatification began in 2008 and her confirmation process started in 2013.
Marija Krucifiksa Kozulić (Croatian: [mǎrija krutsifîksa kǒzulitɕ]; Italian: Maria Crocifissa Cosulich [maˈriːa krotʃiˈfissa ˈkɔːzulitʃ]; born Marija Nikolina Kozulić; 20 September 1852 – 29 September 1922) was a Croatian Italian Catholic nun who was part of the community of Sisters of the Sacred Heart. She was the founder of the Catholic order of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the only order indigenous to the Archdiocese of Rijeka in Croatia, and the first prioress of the order. Her beatification began in 2008 and her confirmation process started in 2013.
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Biography Kozulić was born Marija Nikolina Kozulić (Italian: Maria Nicolina Cosulich) in Rijeka, Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia, on 20 September 1852 to a wealthy family from the nearby island of Lošinj. Her parents were Caterina (née Sopranić/Soprani) from Veli Lošinj and Giovanni Matteo Kozulić/Cosulich from Mali Lošinj. The area was at that time ethnically mixed, with fluid ethnic borders between Istrian Italians and Slavs. Kozulić had eleven siblings and she was the eldest of the five who survived. She began her education in Rijeka and later studied in the multicultural milieu of Gorizia (the seat of an archdiocese and of the Habsburg Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca at that time), learning Italian (her first language), Croatian, French, German, and Hungarian. She was highly educated and became a kindergarten and music teacher. She was initially enthusiastic about harpsichord and later learned piano. She was also skillful in knitting and stitching. She and her family were highly spiritual and dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, setting up an altar to him in their house. Kozulić spent her early years staying at home and helping her mother, teaching her brothers and sisters. Her sister Irene became a physics and mathematics teacher…