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Josaphat Kuntsevych

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Ruthenian Catholic archbishop, martyr and saint

Religious FiguresLived 1580 to 1623 · aged 43
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Josaphat Kuntsevych, OSBM was a Basilian hieromonk and archeparch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Polotsk from 1618 to 1623.

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Saint Josaphat, depicted in a Ukrainian Greek Catholic monastery in Vilnius.Saint Josaphat, depicted in a Ukrainian Greek Catholic monastery in Vilnius.Martyrdom of Josaphat Kuntsevych (c. 1861) by Józef Simmler, National Museum in WarsawMartyrdom of Josaphat Kuntsevych (c. 1861) by Józef Simmler, National Museum in WarsawThe Basilica of St. Josaphat in MilwaukeeThe Basilica of St. Josaphat in MilwaukeeSt Josephat Church in New York CitySt Josephat Church in New York City

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Josaphat Kuntsevych, OSBM was a Basilian hieromonk and archeparch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Polotsk from 1618 to 1623. On 12 November 1623, he was beaten to death with an axe during an anti-Catholic riot by Eastern Orthodox Belarusians in Vitebsk, in the eastern peripheries of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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deceased
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Lived 1580 to 1623 · aged 43
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