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Saint Andrzej Bobola

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Saint Andrzej Bobola

Birth
Powiat sanocki, Podkarpackie, Poland
Death
16 May 1657 (aged 65)
Brest, Belarus
Burial
Warsaw, Miasto Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland Add to Map
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St. Andrzej Bobola was born on Nov. 30, 1591 in Sandomierz, Poland. He was a member of the Society of Jesus or Jesuits. Andrzej Bobola was ordained a priest on March 12, 1622. He was brutally martyred on Ascension Thursday, May 16, 1657. Canonization as a Saint in The Roman Catholic Church happened on Easter Sunday, 17 April 1938. His remains are in this church since 1938.
He is a patron Saint of Poland since 2002.
Thank you to the contributor John K. who informed me it is a shrine.
St. Andrzej Bobola was born on Nov. 30, 1591 in Sandomierz, Poland. He was a member of the Society of Jesus or Jesuits. Andrzej Bobola was ordained a priest on March 12, 1622. He was brutally martyred on Ascension Thursday, May 16, 1657. Canonization as a Saint in The Roman Catholic Church happened on Easter Sunday, 17 April 1938. His remains are in this church since 1938.
He is a patron Saint of Poland since 2002.
Thank you to the contributor John K. who informed me it is a shrine.

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