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Also known as

• Saint Benedict and Companions

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• 12 November

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They weren’t Polish, and they weren’t related, but were instead five Italian Benedictine monks who worked with Saint Adalbert of Prague as missionaries to the Slavs, and were martyred together. They were

• Benedict
• Christinus
• Isaac
• John
• Matthew

Born

• Italy

Died

• 1005 at the Benedictine monastery near Gnesen, Poland

Canonized

• by Pope Julius II

MLA Citation

• “Five Polish Brothers“. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 August 2022. Web. 25 April 2024. <>