Feast May 16
Saint Andrzej Bobola
Martyr, patron of Poland · Feast May 16
Biography
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". He was beaten and tortured to death during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. He was canonized in 1938 by Pope Pius XI.
Feast day
May 16
Patronage
- Poland
- Archdiocese of Warsaw
Birth date
1591
Death date
16 May 1657
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
17 April 1938
Canonized by
Pope Pius XI
Feast month
5
Wikidata qid
Q129674
Feast day of month
16