Bernardo della Madre del Bell’Amore
The Vatican record
- 22 May 2021 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2021)
Who they were
Zygmunt (Sigismondo) Kryszkiewicz, in religion Bernardo della Madre del Bell'Amore, was a professed priest of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ (Passionists); he was born at Mława, Poland, on 2 May 1915 and died at Przasnysz, Poland, on 7 July 1945. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 22 May 2021.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised his heroic virtue in 2021.
The cause
Bernardo della Madre del Bell’Amore has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Bernard Kryszkiewicz (Zygmunt Kryszkiewicz, Bernard of the Mother of Beautiful Love).
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2021
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Not yet in Wikidata. Name as the Vatican spells it.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.