Mykolas Giedraitis
Lithuanian noble, Roman Catholic Church monk, blessed
Feast: 4 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Michał Giedroyć (Lithuanian: Mykolas Giedraitis; c. 1425 – 4 May 1485) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic noble and brother of the Canons Regular of the Penitence of the Blessed Martyrs. Giedroyć did not have any great accomplishments, but his life followed the Devotio moderna, a movement calling for genuine pious practices such as humility, obedience, and simplicity of life.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
Mykolas Giedraitis has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Archdiocese of Krakow: Blessed Mykolas Giedraitis.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — Michal Giedrojc — Vatican page for Blessed Michał Giedroyć (Mykolas Giedraitis) of Vilnius, the Augustinian canon whose veneration was confirmed in 2018.
- Wikidata Q3646443 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Michał Giedroyć (CC BY-SA)
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