Albert Chmielowski

Albert Chmielowski (20 August 1845 – 25 December 1916) – born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski – was a Polish Franciscan tertiary, painter, and disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863. He was founder of both the Albertine Brothers and Albertine Sisters who are servants of the homeless and destitute.

Patron saint of Painters; Servants of the Poor; Sisters Servants of the Poor; Franciscan tertiaries; Soldiers; Volunteers; Harvests; Travellers; Puławy; Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec; Diocese of Sosnowiec