Adrian Osmolowski
Adrian Osmolowski (1838-1924) was a Polish Franciscan religious. Exiled to Italy after the suppression of his convent by…
Place
Kraków
PL
48 saints associated
Albert Chmielowski
A Polish painter and 1863 insurgent who became a Franciscan religious, Albert Chmielowski (born Adam) renounced his arti…
Aloiz Kashuba
Aloiz (Serafin) Kaszuba (1910-1977) was a Polish Capuchin priest who carried out a heroic clandestine ministry in Ukrain…
Angela Salawa
Angela Salawa (1881-1922) was a Polish layperson, a domestic servant in Krakow, and a Franciscan tertiary, known for her…
Angela Truszkowska
Sofia Camilla Truszkowska (1825-1899), in religion Mother Angela, is the Polish foundress of the Congregation of the Sis…
Bernard Łubieński
Polish Redemptorist priest (1846-1933), known as the Apostle of Poland, who dedicated his life to popular missions despi…
Bernardyna Maria Jabłońska
Co-founder of the Congregation of the Albertine Sisters Servants of the Poor, she dedicated her life to the service of t…
Celine Borzecka
Celine Borzecka (1833-1913) was a Polish religious, co-foundress with her daughter Hedwig of the Congregation of the Sis…
Emanuela Maria Maddalena Kalb
A Polish religious sister of Jewish origin, member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Canonesses of the Holy Spir…
Franciszka Siedliska
Franciszka Siedliska (1842-1902), in religion Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd, was a Polish religious sister and foundre…
Hanna Chrzanowska
Polish nurse and pioneer of home care and chaplaincy for the sick, collaborator of Karol Wojtyła.
Hanna Helena Chrzanowska
Hanna Helena Chrzanowska (1902-1973) was a Polish lay nurse, a pioneer of parish home nursing, and a close collaborator …
Hedwig of Poland
Jadwiga of Anjou (1374-1399), crowned "King" of Poland in 1384, married Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania and promoted the…
Saint Hyacinth of Poland
A 13th-century Polish Dominican friar, Hyacinth was one of the first disciples of Saint Dominic. Known as the Apostle of…
Jan Pietraszko
Auxiliary bishop of Krakow and a prominent figure in Polish university pastoral care under the communist regime.
Jan Świerc and 8 companions
Jan Świerc and his 8 companions are a group of nine Polish Salesian priests martyred by the Nazi regime between 1941 and…
Jan Świerc and companions
Jan Świerc and his eight companions are Polish Salesian priests, martyrs of Nazism at Auschwitz and Dachau, beatified in…
Jan Tyranowski
A Polish layperson and tailor, Jan Tyranowski was the spiritual mentor of the young Karol Wojtyła and the heroic leader …
Jerzy Ciesielski
Jerzy Ciesielski (1929-1970) was a Polish civil engineer, university professor, and committed member of the Focolare Mov…
John of Dukla
John of Dukla (c. 1414-1484) was a Polish Franciscan, preacher and confessor in Lviv, canonized by John Paul II in 1997 …
John Paul II
Karol Wojtyła, pope from 1978 to 2005 under the name John Paul II, the first Polish pope and a major figure of the 20th …
Józef Bilczewski
Józef Bilczewski (1860-1923), theologian and Latin Archbishop of Lviv, was a tireless pastor and apostle of the Eucharis…
Józef Sebastian Pelczar
Józef Sebastian Pelczar (1842-1924) was bishop of Przemyśl, theologian, and founder of the Congregation of the Servants …
Kinga
Daughter of the King of Hungary and wife of Bolesław V of Poland, Saint Kinga lived in perpetual chastity. A charitable …
Saint Ladislaus I, King of Hungary
King of Hungary in the 11th century, Ladislaus I distinguished himself by his piety, chastity, and sense of justice, lon…
Ludwika Szczęsna
Ludwika Szczęsna (1863-1916), in religion Mother Klara, was a Polish religious sister and co-foundress of the Congregati…
Melchior Chyliński
Melchior Chyliński (1694-1741), in religion Brother Raphael, was a Polish Franciscan priest renowned for his heroic char…
Michał Giedroyć
Humble Lithuanian lay brother of the Order of the Canons Regular of Penance of the Blessed Martyrs, sacristan in Krakow,…
Paweł Klamans Smolikowski
Polish Resurrectionist priest, missionary in Bulgaria and educator, declared Venerable in 2017.
Simon of Lipnica
A Polish Franciscan priest of the Observance, Simon of Lipnica distinguished himself by his fervent preaching and his he…
Teresa Janina Kierocińska
Foundress of the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of the Infant Jesus, she distinguished herself by her heroic char…
Ursula Ledóchowska
A Polish religious sister born in Austria, Ursula Ledóchowska founded the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of the Ag…
Venanzio Katarzyniec
Polish Conventual Franciscan priest (1889-1921), friend of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, known for his humility and invoked as…
Władysław Findysz
A Polish diocesan priest and martyr of the communist regime, Władysław Findysz devoted himself to his parishioners befor…
Zbigniew Adam Strzałkowski
A Polish Franciscan priest and missionary in Peru, Father Zbigniew dedicated himself to the poorest in the Andes mountai…
Zofia Czeska
A 17th-century Polish widow, Zofia Czeska dedicated her life and fortune to the education of poor and orphaned girls by …
Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński
Archbishop of Warsaw deported for twenty years to Russia after the 1863 uprising, founder of the Franciscan Sisters of t…
Frequently asked questions
Which saints are connected to Kraków?
Saints associated with Kraków: Adrian Osmolowski, Albert Chmielowski, Aloiz Kashuba, Angela Salawa, Angela Truszkowska, Bernard Łubieński, Bernardyna Maria Jabłońska and Celine Borzecka.