Back جون ساركاندريه ARZ Jan Sarkander Czech Johannes Sarkander German Juan Sarkander Spanish Jean Sarkander French Ivan Sarkander Croatian Յան Սարկանդեր Armenian Jan Sarkander ID Giovanni Sarkander Italian Johannes Sarkander NB
Jan Sarkander | |
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 Sketch from 1855 | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | 20 December 1576 Skoczów, Silesia, Crown of Bohemia (now Poland) |
| Died | 17 March 1620 (aged 43) Olomouc, Moravia, Crown of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 6 May 1860, Saint Peter's Basilica by Pope Pius IX |
| Canonized | 21 May 1995[1], Olomouc, Czech Republic by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 17 March |
Jan Sarkander (Czech and Polish: Jan Sarkander) (20 December 1576 – 17 March 1620[2]) was a Polish-Czech Roman Catholic priest.[3] Sarkander was married for a short period of time before he became widowed and pursued a path to the priesthood where he became active in defence of Catholicism during a period of anti-Catholic sentiment and conflict. He himself was arrested on false accusations as a means of silencing him and he refused to give in to his tormenters who tortured him for around a month before he died.
Pope Pius IX beatified Sarkander at Saint Peter's Basilica in 1860 and Pope John Paul II canonized him as a saint in 1995 on his visit to the Czech Republic.
- ^ Chronique, Éditions; Larebière, Bruno (2013). Jean-Paul II (in French). Éditions Chronique. ISBN 979-10-90871-95-3.
- ^ Saint Jan Sarkander Article in French
- ^ "Saint Jan Sarkander". Saints SQPN. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.