Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych (John)
Born John in Volhynia, he became a Basilian monk under the name Josaphat in Vilna before being appointed Archbishop of Polotsk. An ardent defender of …
First name and chronology
Josaphat
2 saints and blesseds bear the name Josaphat, between 1604 and 1952; the most famous is Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych, celebrated on November 12th.
Chronology of the name Josaphat
Dated figures are ordered from earliest to latest.
- 1604-1623 Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych (John) Born John in Volhynia, he became a Basilian monk under the name Josaphat in Vilna before being appointed Archbishop of P…
- 1917-1952 Kamen Vitchev, Pavel Djidjov and Josaphat Chichkov Three Bulgarian Assumptionist priests, martyrs of communism in 1952, beatified by John Paul II in 2002.