Jan Sarkander, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Sarkander

Czech saint

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1576

Place of Birth: Skoczów, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1620

Profession: presbyter

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Saint Jan Sarkander (Czech and Polish: Jan Sarkander) (20 December 1576 – 17 March 1620) was a Polish-Czech Roman Catholic priest.
Sarkander was married for a short period of time before he became widowed and pursued a path to the priesthood where he became active in the defense of the faith during a period of anti-Catholic sentiment and conflict.
He himself was arrested on false accusations as a means of silencing him and he refused to give in to his tormenters who tortured him for around a month before he died.Pope Pius IX beatified Sarkander at Saint Peter's Basilica in 1860 and Pope John Paul II canonized him as a saint in 1995 on his visit to the Czech Republic.