Andrew Bobola

Saint Andrew Bobola SJ
Martyr of Poland
Born	1591 Strachocina, Sandomir Palatine, Lesser Poland, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Died	16 May 1657 Janów, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Venerated in	Roman Catholicism
Beatified	30 October 1853, Rome, Papal States by Pope Pius IX
Canonized	17 April 1938, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI
Major shrine	Shrine of Saint Andrew Bobola, Warsaw, Poland
Feast	16 May
Patronage	Poland; Archdiocese of Warsaw

Andrew Bobola, SJ (Polish: Andrzej Bobola; 1591 – 16 May 1657) was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the Apostle of Lithuania and the "hunter of souls".^[1] He was beaten and tortured to death during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. He was canonized in 1938 by Pope Pius XI.