10 Facts About Andrew Bobola

Andrew Bobola, SJ was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the Apostle of Lithuania and the "hunter of souls".

Andrew Bobola was beaten and tortured to death during the Khmelnytsky Uprising.

Andrew Bobola was canonized in 1938 by Pope Pius XI.

Andrew Bobola subsequently professed solemn vows and was ordained in 1622, after which he served for several years as an advisor, preacher, superior of a Jesuit residence, and other jobs in various places.

From 1652 Andrew Bobola worked as a country "missionary", in various locations of Lithuania: these included Polotsk, where he was probably stationed in 1655, and Pinsk,.

Several descriptions of Andrew Bobola's death exist, with these invariably involving him being subjected to a variety of tortures before being killed:.

Andrew Bobola's body was originally buried in the Jesuit church in Pinsk.

On 23 June 1922, the coffin with the relics of Andrew Bobola was opened in Polotsk and an examination was carried out.

In December 1922, the coffin with the corpse of Andrew Bobola was delivered to Moscow and placed in the hall of the Popular Exhibition on Health Protection of the People's Commissariat for Health.

In January 1923, he was examined by a special commission and an act was drawn up, according to which the corpse of Andrew Bobola is a naturally mummified corpse, which is in the stage of slow decomposition.