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title: "St. John of Kanty: Feast Day December 23 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-kanty/
description: "St. John of Kanty, Priest. Remembered on December 23, died c. 1473. Read their life in Bless."
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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](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/#23) |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | c. 1473 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, December 23, 2026](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-kanty/#calendar) |

## 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.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, December 23, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/12/23/) | Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent | Violet | Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24 · Psalm 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14 · Luke 1:57-66 |
| [Thursday, December 23, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/12/23/) | Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent | Violet | Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24 · Psalm 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14 · Luke 1:57-66 |
| [Saturday, December 23, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/23/) | Saturday of the Third Week of Advent | Violet | Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24 · Psalm 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14 · Luke 1:57-66 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[December 22 Sts. Chaeremon and Ischyrion](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-chaeremon-and-ischyrion/) [December 24 Sts. Adam and Eve](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-adam-and-eve/)

[All the saints of December](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/) [Born on December 23?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#12-23) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. John of Kanty

Remembered on December 23

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-kanty/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-kanty/#calendar)

In the app

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