Saint of the Day 19/11/2021
Saint of the Day (November 19) ✠ St. Raphael Kalinowski ✠ Polish Discalced Carmelite Friar, Teacher, Engineer, Prisoner of war, Royal tutor, and Priest: Born: J├│zef Kalinowski September 1, 1835 Vilnius, Russian Empire Died: November 15, 1907 (Aged 72) Wadowice, Austria-Hungary Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Beatified: June 22, 1983 Pope John Paul II Canonized: November 17, 1991 Pope John Paul II Feast: November 19 Raphael of St. Joseph Kalinowski was a Polish Discalced Carmelite friar inside the Russian partition of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the city of Vilnius. He was a teacher, engineer, prisoner of war, royal tutor, and priest, who founded many Carmelite monasteries around Poland after their suppression by the Russians. Kalinowski was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1991, the first man to be so recognized in the Order of Discalced Carmelites since John of the Cross. St. Raphael Kalinowski could have been anything—and he pretty nearly was ...