Saint Raphael Kalinowski, O.C.D. (Polish: Rafał Kalinowski, Lithuanian: Rapolas Kalinauskas) (September 1, 1835 – November 15, 1907) was a Polish Discalced Carmelite friar born as Józef Kalinowski inside the Russian partition of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the city of Vilnius (Pl: Wilno; Ru: Вильнюс), now the capital of the Republic of Lithuania. He was a teacher, engineer, prisoner of war, royal tutor, and priest, who founded many monasteries around Poland after the suppression by the Russians. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1991, the first man to be so recognized in the order of the Discalced Carmelites, since Saint John of the Cross.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
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