Andrew Bobola
Andrew Bobola, SJ (Polish: Andrzej Bobola; 1591 – 16 May 1657) was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the Apostle of Lithuania and the "hunter of souls". He was beaten and tortured to death during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. He was canonized in 1938 by Pope Pius XI.
Saint Andrew Bobola | |
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| Martyr of Poland | |
| Born | 1591 Strachocina, Sandomir Palatine, Lesser Poland, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. |
| Died | 16 May 1657 Janów, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism |
| Beatified | 30 October 1853, Rome, Papal States by Pope Pius IX |
| Canonized | 17 April 1938, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI |
| Major shrine | Shrine of Saint Andrew Bobola, Warsaw, Poland |
| Feast | 16 May |
| Patronage | Poland; Archdiocese of Warsaw |
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