Our Lady of Czestochowa

Feast: August 26

Name: Our Lady of Czestochowa Also known as: Black Madonna of Czestochowa; Czarna Madonna; Hodegetria; Imago thaumaturga Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae Conceptae; Matka Boska Czestochowska; One...

Saint Adalbert of Prague

Feast: April 23

Saint Adalbert of Prague, also known by various names such as Adalbert of Praha, Adalberto, Adelbert, Voitech, Wojciech, and more, was born into the Bohemian nobility around the year 957 in Libice...

Saint Andrew Bobola

Feast: May 16

Saint Andrew Bobola, also known as Andrzej Bobola, was born on 30 November 1591 in Sandomierz, Poland. He was born into a noble Polish family and received a education at the Jesuit school in...

Saint Casimir of Poland

Feast: March 4

Saint Casimir of Poland, also known as Casimir of Cracow, Kazimieras, Kazimierz, or Kazimir, was born on October 3, 1458 in Wawel, Kraków, Poland. He was the younger son of King Casimir IV of Poland...

Saint Cunegundes

Feast: March 3

Saint Cunegundes, also known as Chunigundis, Cunnegunda, Cunigunde, Cunegonda, Kinga, Kunegunda, and Kunigunde, was born as the daughter of Sigfrid, Count of Luxembourg. She received a religious...

Saint Florian of Lorch

Feast: May 4

Saint Florian of Lorch, also known as Floriano, was a third-century officer in the Roman army, stationed in what is now modern Austria. He is widely celebrated as the patron saint of firefighters and...

Saint Hedwig Queen of Poland

Feast: July 17

Saint Hedwig, also known as Hedwig of Anjou, Eduviges, Edvige, Jadwiga, Jadvyga, Hedvig, or Hedvigis, was born on February 18, 1374, in Buda, now known as Budapest, Hungary. She was the youngest...

Saint Jan of Dukla

Feast: September 29

Saint Jan of Dukla, also known as Jan z Dukli, was a devout hermit, Franciscan friar, and preacher who lived during the 15th century. He was born in 1414 in Dukla, a town located in the Podkarpackie...

Saint John of Kanty

Feast: December 23

Saint John of Kanty, also known as John Cantius, John Kantius, John of Kanti, John of Kenti, John of Kęty, Giovanni da Kety, Giovanni Canzio, and Jan, was born on June 23, 1390, in Kanty, Silesia,...

Saint Stanislaus Kostka

Feast: August 15

Saint Stanislaus Kostka, also known as Stanislaw Kostka, was born on October 28, 1550, in Rostkovo, Poland. He was born into a noble family and was the son of a senator. From a young age, Stanislaus...

Saint Stanislaus of Cracow

Feast: April 11

Saint Stanislaus of Cracow, also known as Stanislaus Szczepanowsky, was born on July 26, 1030, in the diocese of Cracow, Poland. He came from a noble Polish family, being the son of Belislaus and...