Saint Stephen Pongracz | |
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Martyr | |
Born | István Pongrácz c. 1583 Alvinc, Principality of Transylvania |
Died | 7 September 1619 Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary |
Venerated in | Hungary, Catholic Church, Society of Jesus |
Beatified | 15 January 1905, St Peter's Basilica, Rome by Pope Pius X |
Canonized | 2 July 1995, Košice, Slovakia by Pope John Paul II |
Major shrine | Premonstratensian Church (Kassa) |
Feast | 7 September |
Stephen Pongracz (Hungarian: Pongrácz István; 1584–1619) was a Hungarian Jesuit priest, martyr and saint of the Catholic Church.