Andrew Bobola


Andrew Bobola

Martyr of Poland
Born1591
Strachocina, Sandomir Palatine, Lesser Poland, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Died16 May 1657
Janów, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Venerated inRoman Catholicism
Beatified30 October 1853, Rome, Papal States by Pope Pius IX
Canonized17 April 1938, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI
Major shrineShrine of Saint Andrew Bobola, Warsaw, Poland
Feast16 May
PatronagePoland; Archdiocese of Warsaw

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".[1] He was beaten and tortured to death during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. He was canonized in 1938 by Pope Pius XI.

  1. ^ Merrick, David Andrew (1891). Saints of the Society of Jesus: With a sketch of the Society. William H. Sadlier. p. 16.