Josaphat Kuntsevych, OSBM ( c. 1580 – 12 November 1623) was a Basilian hieromonk and archeparch of the Ruthenian Uniate Church who on 12 November 1623 was beaten to death with an axe during an anti-Catholic riot by Eastern Orthodox Belarusians in Vitebsk, in the eastern peripheries of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. ( Full article...)
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Patronage:
Ukraine;
Polish parishes in the
United States, most notably among them are the
Basilica of St. Josaphat, in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin and
St Josaphat's parish in
Chicago, Illinois.
Josaphat Kuntsevych, OSBM ( c. 1580 – 12 November 1623) was a Basilian hieromonk and archeparch of the Ruthenian Uniate Church who on 12 November 1623 was beaten to death with an axe during an anti-Catholic riot by Eastern Orthodox Belarusians in Vitebsk, in the eastern peripheries of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. ( Full article...)
Attributes: -
Patronage:
Ukraine;
Polish parishes in the
United States, most notably among them are the
Basilica of St. Josaphat, in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin and
St Josaphat's parish in
Chicago, Illinois.