Saint Jósef Bilczewski
Also known as: Giuseppe Bilczewski; Joseph Bilczewski; Jozef Bilczewski; Yosyp Bil’chevs’kyi
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
March 20
Born
April 26, 1860
Died
March 20, 1923
Canonized
23 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI at Rome, Italy
Beatified
26 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine
Biography
Saint Jósef Bilczewski, also known as Giuseppe Bilczewski, Joseph Bilczewski, Jozef Bilczewski, and Yosyp Bil’chevs’kyi, was born on 26 April 1860 in Wilamowice, Austria (modern Ukraine). He came from a peasant family and was the eldest of nine children. Having shown a strong inclination towards the priesthood from a young age, Jósef Bilczewski entered the seminary in Krakow, Poland....
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