Saint Brother Albert, photo 1900-1916, Public domain
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Adam Chmielowski

ID: OS-008139-P/162514

Adam Chmielowski

First name:

Adam

Last Name:

Chmielowski

Pseudonym:

Brat Albert

Crest:

Jastrzębiec

Date of birth:

20-08-1845

Date of death:

25-12-1916

Place od death:

Kraków

Age:

Profession:

painter, painter, priest

Biography:

Adam Chmielowski (also known as St. Brother Albert 1845-1916) Polish Franciscan friar, founder of the Albertine and Albertine congregations, insurgent, painter, saint of the Catholic Church, known for his dedicated work for the poor and homeless. He studied at the Cadet School in St Petersburg (1855), at the Polytechnic and Agricultural and Forestry Institute in New Alexandria (1861) and at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts (1870). He was declared blessed in 1938 and then declared a saint at his canonisation in 1989.