Religious · June 17
St. Albert Chmielowski
Albert Chmielowski – born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski – was a Polish Franciscan tertiary, painter, and disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863.
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Saints from Poland
Read the full stories of 18 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day Poland.
Showing 1–12 of 18. Read each story’s origin note for traditional or disputed accounts.
Martyr · May 16
St. Andrew Bobola
Andrew Bobola, SJ was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the "Apostle of Lithuania" and the "hunter of souls".
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Lay saint · March 4
St. Casimir
Casimir Jagiellon was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Martyr · August 9
St. Edith Stein
Edith Stein was a German philosopher who converted to Catholicism and became a Discalced Carmelite nun.
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Monastic / Hermit · October 5
St. Faustina Kowalska
Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic.
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Priest · August 17
St. Hyacinth of Poland
Hyacinth was a Polish Dominican priest and missionary. He is venerated as a saint, who worked to reform the women's monasteries in his native Poland.
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Bishop · March 17
St. Jan Sarkander
Jan Sarkander was a Polish -Czech Roman Catholic priest. Sarkander was married for a short period of time before he became widowed and pursued a path to the priesthood where he became active in defence of Catholicism during a period of anti-Catholic sentiment and conflict.
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Priest or Deacon · December 23
St. John Cantius
John Cantius was a Polish Catholic priest, scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian.
Poland · Present-day geography
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Pope · October 22
St. John Paul II
A Polish pope who carried a message of faith and human dignity around the world.
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Bishop · March 20
St. Józef Bilczewski
Józef Bilczewski was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Lviv from 1900 until his death. He served as a theological and dogmatics professor in the Lviv college after himself having earned two doctorates in the course of his own studies.
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Bishop · January 19
St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar
Józef Sebastian Pelczar was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop and was also the co-founder of the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus which he had established in 1894 with Ludwika Szczęsna.
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Lay Saint · June 27
St. Ladislaus I of Hungary
Ladislaus I of Hungary was King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091.
Poland · Present-day geography
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