New Martyr · 20th century
Righteous Martyr Maria Skobtsova of Paris
Also known as Mother Maria of Paris · Elizaveta Pilenko
A Russian poet and emigre who became a nun in Paris, opening her house to the hungry and homeless, and who in the war sheltered and rescued Jews, for which she was taken to Ravensbruck and gave her life in the gas chamber in place of another.
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Notes
Modern saint; region of origin (Riga) mapped to Baltics.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints