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Blessed Jan Chrysostom Zavrel
Blessed Jan Chrysostom Zavrel

Blessed Jan Chrysostom Zavrel

Also known as: Dominique-Marie; Domenico Maria Zawrel

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

16-May

Born

1725 in Chodov, Prague (in modern Czech Republic)

Died

13 May 1799 in Casamari Abbey, Veroli, Frosinone, Italy; relics enshrined in the abbey church in 1951

Beatified

17 April 2021 by Pope Francis; the beatification recognition was celebrated in the Cistercian Abbey of Casamari, Veroli, Italy

Venerated

26 May 2020 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Jan Chrysostom Zavrel, also known as Dominique-Marie and Domenico Maria Zawrel, was a Dominican friar and priest in the Congregation of Saint Sabina in Prague, situated in modern-day Czech Republic. He was widely recognized as Father Chrysostom within his religious community.


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