Stephen Pongracz

Saint

Stephen Pongracz

17th-century drawing
Martyr
BornIstván Pongrácz
c. 1583
Alvinc, Principality of Transylvania
Died7 September 1619
Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary
Venerated inHungary, Catholic Church, Society of Jesus
Beatified15 January 1905, St Peter's Basilica, Rome by Pope Pius X
Canonized2 July 1995, Košice, Slovakia by Pope John Paul II
Major shrinePremonstratensian Church (Kassa)
Feast7 September

Stephen Pongracz (Hungarian: Pongrácz István; 1584–1619) was a Hungarian Jesuit priest, martyr and saint of the Catholic Church.