Saint Szymon of Lipnica
Also known as: Szymon of Lipnicza; Szymon z Lipnicy; Simon of…
Saint
Feast Day
July 18
Died
July 18, 1482
Canonized
3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy
Beatified
24 February 1685 (cultus confirmed) by Blessed Pope Innocent XI
Biography
Saint Szymon of Lipnica, also known as Szymon of Lipnicza or Szymon z Lipnicy, was born around the year 1437 in Lipnica Murowana, Malopolskie, Poland. He came from a poor but devout family, being the son of Grzegorz and Anna. At the age of 17, in 1454, Szymon left his small hometown to pursue studies at the Uniwersytet Jagiellonskiego in Kraków....
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