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Beatification of Pope John Paul II, the first Polish Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The following is a list of Roman Catholic saints, blesseds, venerables, servants of God and candidates for sainthood who are considered to be "Polish", although not all of these saints are native-born Poles.
Pages in category "Polish Roman Catholic saints" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
It includes Medieval Polish saints that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Female saints of medieval Poland" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Catholic Church venerates five patron saints of Poland. The primary patron saints are the Blessed Virgin Mary the Queen of Poland, Saint Adalbert, and Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów. The secondary patron saints are the Jesuits Saint Stanislaus Kostka and Saint Andrew Bobola. Historically, several other saints also were considered patrons ...
On 30 April 1926, at the age of 20 years, she was clothed in the habit and received the religious name Maria Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament. [11] Richard Torretto sees it as the feminine form of the name of a Roman martyr Faustinus , who was killed in AD 120. [ 12 ]
Hedwig of Silesia (also Hedwig of Andechs (German: Heilige Hedwig von Andechs, Polish: Święta Jadwiga Śląska, Latin: Hedvigis; 1174 – 15 October 1243), a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland from 1232 until 1238.
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Christian names, i.e., Biblical names and saint's names; Slavic names of pre-Christian origin. The names of Slavic saints, such as Wojciech (St Adalbert), Stanisław (St Stanislaus), or Kazimierz , belong to both of these groups. Slavic names used by historical Polish monarchs, e.g. Bolesław, Lech, Mieszko, Władysław, are