Nijolė Sadūnaitė

Lithuanian nun and dissident

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Lived 1938–2024, aged 86
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    1938–2024
    Aged 86
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Updated 2026-08-13

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.

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