Five Polish Brothers
Also known as
Saint Benedict and Companions
Profile
They weren't Polish, and they weren't related, but were instead five Italian Benedictine monks who worked with Saint Adalbert of Prague as missionaries to the Slavs, and were martyred together. They were - Benedict, Christinus, Isaac, John and Matthew.
Born
Italy
Died
1005 at the Benedictine monastery near Gnesen, Poland
Canonized
by Pope Julius II
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