Category:Blessed Wladyslaw of Gielniow

Blessed Wladyslaw of Gielniow is also known as Blessed Ladislas of Gielniów, the Aposstle of Lithuania, and the Lithuanian Apostle.

Born: 1440 in Gniezno, Poland Died: May 4, 1505 Beatified: 1586 by Pope Sixtus V and February 11, 1750 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmation) Patronage: Lithuania (chosen in August 1753) Poland (chosen in August 1753) Galatia (eastern Europe) Warsaw, Poland (chosen in August 1753)

-Educated at university of Warsaw, Poland -Joined Fransican Order of Friars Minor Observant -Doorkeeper of monastery -Elected Provincial in 1487 and 1496 -Sent missionaries to Lithuania (many schismatics returned to the faith -Noted preacher, he evangelized all over Poland -In 1498 led prayer campaign to protect Poland from invading Tatars and Turks. Big snowstorm stopped them and Polish army routed them. Attributed to prayer warriors. -Abbot of Warsaw monastery. -Good Friday, 1505, Ladislas levitated and hung as if crucified. When he came down, he collapsed, remained bed-ridden until death a few weeks later.