Albert Chmielowski

Saint

Albert Chmielowski

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Jastrzębiec coat of arms
Religious
BornAdam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski
20 August 1845
Igołomia, Małopolskie, Congress Poland
Died25 December 1916(1916-12-25) (aged 71)
Kraków, Kingdom of Poland
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified22 June 1983, Kraków, Poland by Pope John Paul II
Canonized12 November 1989, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast17 June
Patronage
  • Painters
  • Servants of the Poor
  • Sisters Servants of the Poor
  • Franciscan tertiaries
  • Soldiers
  • Volunteers
  • Harvests
  • Travellers
  • Puławy
  • Diocese of Sosnowiec

Albert Chmielowski (20 August 1845 – 25 December 1916) - born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski - was a Polish Franciscan tertiary, painter, and disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863. He was founder of both the Albertine Brothers and Albertine Sisters who are servants of the homeless and destitute.

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