A portrait of St. Kinga of Poland
St. Kinga of Poland
5 March 1224 – 24 July 1292
Feast
July 24 · XIII c.
Patron of
Poland · Lithuania · Salt miners · Poor people
Order
Royal / Religious / Widow
Hungarian-Polish duchess (1224-1292), daughter of Béla IV of Hungary and niece of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, married Bolesław V of Poland at sixteen but lived continently; brought salt-mining technology from Hungary to Wieliczka (the famous salt cathedral). After widowhood entered the Poor Clares at Stary Sącz, where she was buried. Equipollent canonization 1690; formal canonization 1999 by John Paul II.
Life & Times
Born: 5 March 1224 · Died: 24 July 1292 · From: Hungary / Poland.
Patronage
St. Kinga of Poland is invoked as the patron of poland, lithuania, salt miners, poor people. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
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About Catholic Saints
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