Blessed Jan Beyzym

Memorial

• 2 October

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Son of a Polish freedom fighter. Jesuit priest. Teacher at Jesuit boarding schools in Tarnopol and Chyrów. In 1898 he became a missionary to lepers near Tananariwa, Madagascar. In 1902 he began construction of a leper hospital at Marana, Madagascar; he never gave up, but it took nine years to finish.

Born

• 15 May 1850 in Beyzymy Wielkie, Poland (now in Ukraine)

Died

• 2 October 1912 in Marana, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar of natural causes
• relics entombed at the Jesuit basilica in Krakow, Poland in 1993

Name Meaning

• God is gracious; gift of God (John)

Venerated

• 21 December 1992 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

• 18 August 2002 by Pope John Paul II at Krakow, Poland

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Jan, contact
     Kolejy Md François Xavier Ambatomena
     B.P. 1032
     Fianarantsoa, 301, MADAGASCAR
        - or -
     Oo. Jezuici
     ul. Kopernika 26
     31-041 Kraków, POLAND