Jan Beyzym

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Jan Beyzym, SJ (15 May 1850 – 2 October 1912) was a

Jesuits.[1][2] He served as an educator in Jesuit boarding schools for a while after his ordination though later left Poland to work alongside lepers in Madagascar where he remained until his death.[3][4]

His beatification cause started in 1985 and in 1992 he was titled as

Venerable, upon the confirmation of his life of heroic virtue. Pope John Paul II
beatified him while in Poland on 18 August 2002.

Biography

Jan Beyzym was born in Stari Beizymy,

Kiev
and studied there from 1864 until 1871.

He completed his education in Kiev before deciding to pursue the religious life; he had thought of being a diocesan

Jesuits and pursue a path with them - he decided to join them after a long internal struggle. Beyzym joined the Jesuits for his novitiate period on 10 December 1872 at Stara Wies and this concluded in 1874.[4] During his novitiate there was a cholera epidemic and he received the permission of his superior to go out into the streets to tend to the ailing victims.[2] Beyzym received his ordination as a priest on 26 July 1881 in Kraków from Bishop Albin Dunajewski
.

He served as a teacher after his ordination until 1898 at Jesuit boarding schools in both

Mother of God while being known also as a lover of all nature.[3]

Beyzym died on 2 October 1912; his health had declined and he suffered both arteriosclerosis and sores which confined him to bed. His remains were exhumed and relocated back to his native Poland on 8 December 1993 at a Jesuit church.[1]

Beatification

The Polish priest around 1904 while in Madagascar.

The beatification process opened in Kraków from 1984 until 1986 while a second diocesan process opened and closed in

Venerable
on 21 December 1992.

John Paul II decreed that a healing credited to the late priest was a miracle on 5 July 2002 and beatified Beyzym two months later on 18 August 2002 while on an apostolic visit to Poland.

The current postulator for this cause is the Jesuit priest Anton Witwer.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Blessed Jan Beyzym". Saints SQPN. 28 September 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Blessed John Beyzym". The Jesuit Curia in Rome. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Blessed Jan Beyzym". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Jan Beyzym (1850-1912)". Holy See. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

External links

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