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| Born | 1414 Dukla, Poland |
| Died | 1484 Lwów, Poland |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | January 23, 1733, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement XII |
| Canonized | June 10, 1997, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | September 28 |
| Patronage | Poland and Lithuania |
John of Dukla (also called "Jan of Dukla") is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is one of the patron saints of Poland and Lithuania. [1]
John was born in Dukla, Poland, in 1414. He joined the Friars Minor Conventual, [2] and studied at Krakow. After being ordained, he preached in Lwów (then part of Poland), Moldavia, and Belarus; and was superior of Lwów. He may have joined the Observants at a time when efforts were being made to unite the two branches of the Franciscans. [3]
Though he went blind at age seventy, [3] he was able to prepare sermons with the help of an aide. His preaching was credited with bringing people back to the church in his province. [2] Soon after his death, there was an immediate veneration at his tomb and several miracles were attributed to him.
He died in 1484 in Lwów, Poland.
John was declared Venerable by Pope Clement XII on 21 January 1733. [4] The cause for his beatification was opened on 22 June 1948, and the process of evaluating a miracle attributed to him began on 18 January 1951. [4] On June 10, 1997, he was canonized by Pope John Paul II in a mass at Krosno, Poland, before approximately one million people. [3] [5]
Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.
In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term saint depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation. Official ecclesiastical recognition, and consequently a public cult of veneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church after their approval.
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