Blessed Ladislaus Findysz
Also known as: Wladyslaw Findysz
Feast Day
21-Aug
Born
13 December 1907 in Kroscienko Nizne, near Krosno, Poland
Died
Morning of 21 August 1964 of cancer of the esophagus in the presbytery of Nowy Zmigród, Poland; buried the same day in the parish cemetery
Beatified
19 June 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition celebrated by Cardinal Jozef Glemp in Pilsudski Square, Warsaw, Poland; the Cause for canonization began on 27 June 2000, the first Cause from the diocese of Rzeszów; beatification approved on 20 December 2004 by Pope John Paul II; first successful cause for beatification of a martyr of the Communist persecution in Poland; recognition originally scheduled for 24 April 2005, but delayed due to the death of Pope John Paul II
Venerated
20 December 2004 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Ladislaus Findysz, born to pious peasant parents Stanislaus and Apollonia Rachwal in Poland, dedicated his life to the service of God and his people. Educated initially by the Felician Sisters, he joined the Marian Solidarity as a young student and entered the major seminary in Przemysł in the autumn of 1927, where he was spiritually
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