# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nijole-sadunaite
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:52:34.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nijole-sadunaite"
name: "Nijolė Sadūnaitė"
slug: "nijole-sadunaite"
description: "Nijolė Sadūnaitė was a Lithuanian clandestine Catholic nun of the Soviet period who worked with the Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania. In 1975 she faced three years of imprisonment for her efforts. She spent time imprisoned in Mordovia and then in Boguchany. She reportedly faced a variety of abuses in this period, including torture. She wrote A Radiance in the Gulag about her experiences."
tagline: "Lithuanian nun and dissident"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sadunaite_nijole.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1938-07-22"
deathDate: "2024-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.27426266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "妮约莱·萨杜奈特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicija_Nijol%C4%97_Sad%C5%ABnait%C4%97"
    title: "Felicija Nijolė Sadūnaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijol%C4%97_Sad%C5%ABnait%C4%97"
    title: "Nijolė Sadūnaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijole_Sadunaite"
    title: "Nijole Sadunaite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijol%C4%97_Sad%C5%ABnait%C4%97"
    title: "Nijolė Sadūnaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijol%C4%97_Sad%C5%ABnait%C4%97"
    title: "Nijolė Sadūnaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijol%C4%97_Sad%C5%ABnait%C4%97"
    title: "Nijolė Sadūnaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicija_Nijol%C4%97_Sad%C5%ABnait%C4%97"
    title: "Felicija Nijolė Sadūnaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijol%C4%97_Sad%C5%ABnait%C4%97"
    title: "Nijolė Sadūnaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B5%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5"
    title: "Садунайте, Нийоле"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijol%C4%97_Sad%C5%ABnait%C4%97"
    title: "Nijolė Sadūnaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B5"
    title: "Нійоле Садунайте"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16465742"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump