Venerable (Monastic)19th century
Saint Elizabeth (Safta) Brâncoveanu
Also known as Safta Brâncoveanu · Elisabeta Brâncoveanu · Schimonahia Elisabeta · Safta Brancoveanu
A Moldavian boyar's daughter married into the Brâncoveanu family, who spent her great fortune on hospitals, churches and monasteries and founded the Brâncovenesc hospital for the poor in Bucharest. Widowed in 1832, she withdrew to Văratic Monastery and was tonsured there in 1840.
August 17New Calendar
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Their life
A Moldavian boyar's daughter married into the Brâncoveanu family, who spent her great fortune on hospitals, churches and monasteries and founded the Brâncovenesc hospital for the poor in Bucharest. Widowed in 1832, she withdrew to Văratic Monastery and was tonsured there in 1840.
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Sources: Romanian Patriarchate communique, canonization of 16 women of holy life (1 July 2025); Basilica.ro; Doxologia.ro