Friday, May 4, Fourth Week of Easter
Feast of BLESSED MICHAL GIEDROYC (Poland, d 1485)
Augustinian, Hermit
Very little information online (in a language I can read - and Polish is not one of them)
about one of the many sainted figures in Cracow's history: He was born a dwarf and could
only use one foot. He was a skilled metalworker who made liturgical vessels and Church ornaments.
As an Augustinian, he lived the life of a hermit in a cell beside his monastery. John Paul II
referred to him during one of his visits to Cracow, but even a well-illustrated English monograph
online about Cracow's saints and blesseds only tells us of the church where he is venerated
and has no image of the blessed one himself.
Readings for today's Mass:
usccb.org/bible/readings/050412.cfm
AT THE VATICAN TODAY
The Holy Father met today with
- New ambassadors from Ethiopia, Malaysia, Ireland, Fiji and Armenia who presented their credentials. Address in French.
- Ten US bishops from New Mexico and Arizona (Region XIII) on ad-limina visit
- Mons. Luigi Negri, Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro (Italy)
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