Andrew Bobola
Andrew Bobola, SJ (1591 – 16 May 1657) was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the "Apostle of Lithuania" and the "hunter of souls". He was beaten and tortured to death during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. He was canonized in 1938 by Pope Pius XI.
Patron saint of Poland; Archdiocese of Warsaw
In the Martyrology
- May 16 Saint Andrzej Bobola, Jesuit priest and martyr of Poland