Prayers to the Saints & Blessed
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(Franciscan Media) Born in Lithuania Vilnius, Michael Giedroyc was physically challenged as a result of dwarfism and only having the use of one foot and as a result of his physically challenges, his formal education was often times interrupted.
As the years progressed, Michael demonstrated that he was especially skilled at doing metalwork–working with silver and bronze, he would create sacred vessels together with chalices.
Michael wanting more out of life traveled to Poland Krakow where he joined the ‘Augustinians’ and subsequently received permission to live in seclusion and prayer (as a hermit) in a room adjoining the Monastery, his rich spiritual life brought Michael consolation which he lived into old age.
Five hundred years subsequent to Michael’s death, Pope John Paul II visited Krakow and spoke to the faculty at the Pontifical Academy of Theology and said, the 15th century in Krakow was the ‘Century of the Saint’s’ and among those he cited were was Blessed Michael Giedroyc.
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