The first patron saint of Lviv. St. John was born in Dukla in Lemkivshchyna around 1414. For a time he was a hermit, at the age of twenty he joined the Franciscan monastery and later the Bernardine Order. After 1463 he settled in Lviv, where he gained fame as a preacher and confessor. Even when he lost his sight and was deprived of his feet, he continued his priestly activity. Jan of Dukley died in Lviv on September 29, 1484, and immediately the faithful began to honor his memory. Each denomination has its saints, so it is not surprising that Lviv, with its multicultural and multinational population, has several patrons, the first of whom is St. John of Dukley. The cult of Jan of Dukley spread among Catholics not only in Galicia but also in neighboring countries. Through prayer to him, many believers received great health improvements. In 1733, Pope Clementius XII beatified Jan of Dukley, claiming a cult "from time immemorial". In 1739 he also declared Jan with Dukli the patron saint of Poland and Lithuania. The canonization process was resumed in 1948. The canonized saint was much later - in 1997, by Pope John Paul II. New Year (January 13) and Christmas (January 7) according to the Orthodox rite in Lviv
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