Sigismund Gorazdowski
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Sigismund Gorazdowski (born November 1, 1845 in Sanok , then Austria-Hungary ; † January 1, 1920 in Lemberg , then Poland ) was a Catholic priest , founder of the order and saint.
Life
Sigismund Gorazdowski was born in the Galician city of Sanok to Polish-speaking parents. He attended secondary school and in 1863 took part in the January uprising of the Poles against Russian rule. After graduating from school, he began to study law, but then switched to the Latin seminary in Lemberg.
Sigismund was ordained a priest in 1871. He initially worked as a vicar and administrator in the parishes of Tartakow, Wojnilow, Bukaczowce, Grod Jagelonski and Zydaczow. In 1877 he was appointed pastor of the parish of St. Nicholas in Lviv. He called several charitable institutions, u. a. a soup kitchen and a poor house as well as a hospice, into life and took special care of the needy and the homeless. In addition, in 1884 he founded the congregation of the "Sisters of St. Joseph". It was Pope John Paul II. In 2001 beatified by Pope Benedict XVI. Canonized in 2005 .
His feast day in the liturgy is January 1st.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gorazdowski, Sigismund |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gorazdowski, Zygmunt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic priest, religious founder and saint |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sanok |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1920 |
| Place of death | Lviv |