September 28, 2021

St. John of Dukla (1414 - 1484) was born in Dukla, Poland, in 1414. He joined the Friars Minor Conventual and studied at Krakow. After being ordained, he preached in Lwów (then part of Poland), Moldavia, and Belerus.

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.

On June 10, 1997, he was canonized by Pope John Paul II in a mass at Krosno, Poland, before approximately one million people.

St. John of Dukla please pray for us to be able to convert others to God by our daily conversations.

Patron of: Poland and Lithuania.