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Jakub Strzemię
Polish Roman Catholic Bishop and member of the Order of Friars Minor
BlessedResearchedOrder of Friars Minor
Feast: 20 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1340
Died
1409
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
—
not yet
Who they were
At Lviv in Ukraine, Blessed Jakub Strzemię, bishop of Halych, of the Order of Minors, outstanding for pastoral care and apostolic virtues.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 20 October as a Franciscan bishop of Halych outstanding for pastoral care.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 20 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11716598 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Jakub Strzemię (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.