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Beatification of Pope John Paul II, the first Polish Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The following is a list of Roman Catholic saints, blesseds, venerables, servants of God and candidates for sainthood who are considered to be "Polish", although not all of these saints are native-born Poles.
Slavic names used by historical Polish monarchs, e.g. Bolesław, Lech, Mieszko, Władysław, are common as well. Additionally, a few names of Lithuanian origin, such as Olgierd , Witold or Danuta, are quite popular in Poland. Traditionally, the names are given at a child's baptism. Non-Christian, but traditional, Slavic names are usually ...
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.. The main types of Slavic names: . Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (Ostromir/měr, Tihomir/měr, Němir/měr), *voldъ (Vsevolod, Rogvolod), *pъlkъ (Svetopolk, Yaropolk), *slavъ (Vladislav, Dobroslav, Vseslav) and their derivatives (Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata, etc.)
Category: Polish Roman Catholic saints. 12 languages. Беларуская (тарашкевіца)
Polish Christian religious leaders (5 C) C. Polish Catholics (5 C, 7 P) E. Eastern Orthodox Christians from Poland (1 C, 27 P) O. Members of the Polish Orthodox ...
A 17th-century woodcut of five historical Polish patron saints venerating the Christogram; left to right: Wenceslaus, Adalbert, Casimir, Stanislaus, and Florian. Saint Florian of Lorch (święty Florian; died c. 304) [10] Saint Wenceslaus (święty Wacław; c. 907–953) [11] Saint Hedwig of Silesia (święta Jadwiga Śląska; 1174–1243) [12]
Pages in category "Polish masculine given names" The following 188 pages are in this category, out of 188 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Greek name descends from the Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-, [citation needed] meaning 'to sacrifice; to worship', from which also the Vedic term yajña originates. The name is mostly used in Greece and in countries that speak Germanic languages. It was the name of a popular Christian saint, Agnes of Rome, a fact