Josaphat Kuntsevych O.S.B.M. (c. 1580 – 12 November 1623) (Belarusian: Язафат Кунцэвіч Jazafat Kuncevič Polish: Jozafat Kuncewicz Ukrainian: Йосафат Кунцевич Josafat Kuntsevych) was a monk and archeparch (archbishop) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who died at Vitebsk in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now in Belarus) on 12 November 1623 killed by a mob of Orthodox Christians. He has been declared a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church.
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1623-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
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1580-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
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Volhynia, Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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