RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jan Sarkander

1576 - 1620

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Jan Sarkander (Czech and Polish: Jan Sarkander) (20 December 1576 – 17 March 1620) was a Polish-Czech Roman Catholic priest. Sarkander was married for a short period of time before he became widowed and pursued a path to the priesthood where he became active in defence of Catholicism during a period of anti-Catholic sentiment and conflict. He himself was arrested on false accusations as a means of silencing him and he refused to give in to his tormenters who tortured him for around a month before he died. Pope Pius IX beatified Sarkander at Saint Peter's Basilica in 1860 and Pope John Paul II canonized him as a saint in 1995 on his visit to the Czech Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Sarkander is the 2,049th most popular religious figure (down from 1,703rd in 2019), the 648th most popular biography from Poland (down from 582nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jan Sarkander ranks 2,049 out of 3,187. Before him are Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Sigitas Tamkevičius, Angelo Dundee, Prosper Guéranger, and Henri Langlois. After him are Maria Giuseppa Robucci, Jan Łaski, Guido Marini, James of Portugal, Peter Doi, and Saint Telemachus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1576, Jan Sarkander ranks 10. Before him are Roelant Savery, Francisco Herrera the Elder, Stefano Maderno, John Marston, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, and David Vinckboons. After him are Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Johann Schreck, Gregorio Fernández, Thomas Weelkes, and William Ames. Among people deceased in 1620, Jan Sarkander ranks 10. Before him are Simon Stevin, Taichang Emperor, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Louise de Coligny, Carlo Saraceni, and William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. After him are Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Thomas Campion, and Firishta.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Sarkander ranks 648 out of 1,694. Before him are Wincenty Witos (1874), Zofia Posmysz (1923), Abraham Robinson (1918), Leszek Miller (1946), Yehuda Ashlag (1886), and Szymon Marciniak (1981). After him are Johannes Thiele (1860), Jan Łaski (1499), Hanna Suchocka (1946), Hans Stuck (1900), Kurt Sanderling (1912), and Władysław Żmuda (1954).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Jan Sarkander ranks 28. Before him are John Albert Vasa (1612), Andrew Bobola (1591), Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490), Moses Isserles (1520), Kazimierz Nycz (1950), and Stanislaus Hosius (1504). After him are Jan Łaski (1499), Józef Glemp (1929), August Hlond (1881), Wincenty Kadłubek (1150), Zenon Grocholewski (1939), and Aleksander Kakowski (1862).

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