Blessed Vincent Kadlubek

Also known as

• Vincent Kadlubo
• Vincent Kadlubko
• Vincent of Cracow
• Wincenty Kadlubek

Memorial

• 8 March

Profile

Born wealthy. Studied in France and Italy. Provost of the cathedral of Sandomir, Poland. May have been the principal of the cathedral school of Cracow>, Poland. Bishop of Cracow from 28 March 1208. Worked to reform the clergy and invigorate the laity in his diocese. Supported monasteries in Sulejow, Koprzywnica, and Jedrzejow. Peacemaker between Hungary and Poland over the area of Galicia. Vincent resigned his see in 1218, and became the first Polish Cistercian monk, entering the house at Jedrzejow. Noted writer, author of the Chronicles of the Kings and Princes of Poland.

Born

• 1160 at Karnow, Duchy of Sandomir, Poland

Died

• 8 March 1223 at Jedrzejow, Poland of natural causes
• buried before the high altar in the abbey church

Beatified

• 18 February 1764 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed)
• in Poland he is referred to as Saint Vincent

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online
• Enciclopediaca Catolica
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Vincent Kadlubek”. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 December 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-vincent-kadlubek/>