John of Dukla
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|name= John of Dukla
| honorific_suffix = O.F.M. Conv.
|birth_date= 1414
|death_date= 1484
|feast_day= September 28
|venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church
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|birth_place= Dukla, Poland
|death_place= Lwów, Poland
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|beatified_date= January 23, 1733
|beatified_place=Rome, Papal States
|beatified_by= Pope Clement XII
|canonized_date= June 10, 1997
|canonized_place=Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
|canonized_by= Pope John Paul II
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|patronage= Poland and Lithuania
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John of Dukla (also called "Jan of Dukla") is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is one of the patron saints of Poland and Lithuania.[http://saints.sqpn.com/saintj46.htm Patron Saints Index - Saint John of Dukla] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231192127/http://saints.sqpn.com/saintj46.htm |date=2011-12-31 }}
Biography
John was born in Dukla, Poland, in 1414. He joined the Friars Minor Conventual,Jones, p 273 and studied at Krakow. After being ordained, he preached in Lwów (then part of Poland), Moldavia, and Belarus; and was superior of Lwów. He may have joined the Observants at a time when efforts were being made to unite the two branches of the Franciscans.[https://www.catholicireland.net/saintoftheday/st-john-of-dukla-1414-84-polish-franciscan-friar/ Duffy, Patrick. "St John of Dukla", Catholic Ireland, July 10, 2012]
Though he went blind at age seventy, he was able to prepare sermons with the help of an aide. His preaching was credited with bringing people back to the church in his province. Soon after his death, there was an immediate veneration at his tomb and several miracles were attributed to him.
He died in 1484 in Lwów, Poland.
John was declared Venerable by Pope Clement XII on 21 January 1733.{{cite book |title=Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum |date=January 1953 |publisher=Typis polyglottis vaticanis |page=115 |language=Latin}} The cause for his beatification was opened on 22 June 1948, and the process of evaluating a miracle attributed to him began on 18 January 1951. On June 10, 1997, he was canonized by Pope John Paul II in a mass at Krosno, Poland, before approximately one million people.[https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/travels/1997/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_10061997.html Mass for the canonization of blessed John of Dukla]
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References
- {{Cite book| last=Jones |first=Kathleen | title=Butler's Lives of the Saints
| year=2006 |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |location=New York |isbn=0-86012-255-7}}
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Category:Polish Roman Catholic saints
Category:15th-century Christian saints
Category:Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II
Category:Beatifications by Pope Clement XII