Priest · Remembered on December 23
St. John of Kanty
St. John of Kanty is remembered on December 23 in Bless’s calendar of saints.
| Remembered on | December 23 |
|---|---|
| Title | Priest |
| Died | c. 1473 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
A Kraków professor of Scripture, unjustly ousted from his chair for years and made a country pastor — he feared the cure of souls, and won his parish anyway — then restored to the university he served till eighty-three. He walked to Rome four times, gave his cloak to beggars repeatedly, and ate no meat for thirty-five years; Kraków’s students still venerate his tomb.
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. John of Kanty. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. John of Kanty keeps December 23 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of December.
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