Blessed Jurgis Matulaitismatulewicz

Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevicius, also known as George Matulaitis, Jerzy Matulevicz, Jorge Matulaitis, Jurgis Matulewicz, was born on 13 April 1871 in Lugine, Lithuania. He was the youngest of eight children in a poor farm family during a time when Lithuania was under the Tsarist Russia's control. Tragically, Jurgis became an orphan at the age of ten, facing a difficult and uncertain future.