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Raphael Kalinowski

Polish Discalced Carmelite friar and saint (1835–1907)


Raphael Kalinowski
Raphael Kalinowski

Raphael of St. Joseph Kalinowski, OCD, religious name: Raphael of Saint Joseph, was a Polish Discalced Carmelite friar. He was a teacher, engineer, prisoner of war, royal tutor, and priest, who founded many Carmelite convents around Poland after their suppression by the Russians. Kalinowski was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1991.

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