Blessed Filip Geryluk

Also known as

• Filip Kiryluk
• Philip Geryluk

Memorial

• 24 January

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Married layman and father from Zaczopki, Poland. One of the Marytrs of Podlasie. Noted for encouraging the others to hold their ground and protect their church.

Born

• 1830 at Zaczopki, Podlasie, Poland

Died

• shot on 24 January 1874 by Russian soldiers in Pratulin, Podlasie, Poland

Venerated

• 25 June 1996 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Filip, contact
   Parafia Rzymsko-Katolicka
   Pratulin, 21-507 Bohukaly, POLAND

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Filip Geryluk“. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 February 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>