Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński

Saint

Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński


Coat of arms:
Farensbach
Archbishop and Confessor
Born(1822-11-01)1 November 1822
Died17 September 1895(1895-09-17) (aged 72)
Kraków
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified18 August 2002, Krakow, Poland by Pope John Paul II
Canonized11 October 2009, St. Peter's Basilica Rome by Pope Benedict XVI
Feast17 September

Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński (1 November 1822 in Voiutyn, now Ukraine – 17 September 1895 in Kraków) was a professor of the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy, Archbishop of Warsaw in 1862-1883 (exiled by Tsar Alexander II to Yaroslavl for 20 years), and founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary. He was canonised on 11 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI.

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