Makryna Mieczysławska

Makryna Mieczysławska
Born
Irena Wińczowa

c. 1800s
Unknown (possibly Polish–Lithuanian territories)
Died(1869-02-11)February 11, 1869
Rome, Papal States
OccupationsSelf-styled nun, religious figure
Known forImpersonating a Basilian superior; alleged persecution narrative

Makryna Mieczysławska (born Irena Wińczowa; died 11 February 1869) was a 19th-century impostor who claimed to be a martyred Uniate nun persecuted under the Russian Empire. Her sensational account of resisting forced conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy during the suppression of the Greek Catholic Church was widely circulated in Polish émigré and Western Catholic circles, where she was celebrated as a heroine. Modern historical research has established that her narrative was largely fabricated.

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