Saint Simon of Lipnicza

Also known as: Szymon of Lipnica
Memorial: 18 July; 15 July or 30 July on some calendars
Profile: Simon early felt drawn to religious life. After hearing a sermon by Saint John Capistran, he joined the Franciscan Friars Minors (Observants). Priest. Known as a powerful preacher. Died tending the sick during a plague epidemic.
Born: c.1437 in Lipnica Murowana, Malopolskie, Poland
Died: 18 July 1482 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland during a plague epidemic
Beatified: 24 February 1685 (cultus confirmed) by Blessed Pope Innocent XI
re-confirmed on 20 December 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI
Canonized: 3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy
Representation: Franciscan giving food to a poor man
Additional Information: 15th-Century Franciscan to Be Canonized
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Kirken i Norge - norwegian
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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