Jakub Strzemię (c. 1340 - 20 October 1409) was a Polish

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archbishop and a professed member of the

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. He served as the Archbishop of Halicz from 1392 until his death when the archdiocese was incorporated into that of the Archdiocese of Lviv. The spread of his cultus across

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led to his beatification in 1791.

Life

Jakub Strzemię was born in 1340 to Polish nobles. He fostered a significant devotion to Francis of Assisi which led to him discovering that his religious calling was to join the

- this was despite the fact that he once wanted to join the missions to aid the poor. In 1375 he was made the superior of the Brothers Association of Pilgrims for Christ which was a group of Franciscans and Dominicans that would evangelize across

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in places such as

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. From 1385 until 1388 he was the guardian of the

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Franciscan convent. It was on 27 June 1391 that

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appointed him as the Archbishop of

Halicz Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the ...

; he received his

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sometime in

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in the first few months of 1392. In that role he defended the mendicant friars from attacks from the secular wing of the Polish priesthood and government while also defending the rights of the faithful. He was the Vicar-General of the Franciscan missions in western

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and was also behind the construction of religious houses and schools as well as new churches and additional hospitals in his archdiocese. He died on 20 October 1409. In 1419 his remains were exhumed and deemed to be incorrupt.

Beatification

He received beatification on 11 September 1791 from Pope Pius VI after the recognition of his widespread cultus (a following with devotion to him) in Poland and the surrounding states.

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