Josaphat Kuntsevych, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josaphat Kuntsevych

Ruthenian archbishop and martyr

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine

Date of Death: 12-Nov-1623

Profession: Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Josaphat Kuntsevych, O.S.B.M., (c.?1580 – 12 November 1623) (Polish: Jozafat Kuncewicz, Lithuanian: Juozapatas Kuncevicius, Ukrainian: ??????? ????????, Josafat Kuntsevych) was a Polish-Lithuanian monk and archeparch (archbishop) of the Ruthenian Catholic Church, who on 12 November 1623 was killed by an angry mob in Vitebsk, Vitebsk Voivodeship, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (present day Belarus).
He is "the best-known victim" of anti-Catholic violence related to implementing the Union of Brest, and is declared a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church.His death reflects the conflict among Christian Orthodox and Catholics that had intensified after the Ruthenian Orthodox Church (Kiev Metropolitanate) confirmed its communion with the Roman Catholic Church through the 1596 Union of Brest.