Career
He moved to Krakow in order to attend the famous Jagiellonian University in 1454. After hearing a sermon by Saint John Capistran, he joined the Franciscans. He was known as a powerful preacher.
He died tending the sick during a plague epidemic in 1482.
Pope Innocent XI beatified him on 24 February 1685 and Pope Benedict XVI declared him to be Venerable on 19 December 2005. The same pontiff canonized him as a saint on 3 June 2007.
