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Andrew Bobola (Andrzej Bobola, ) gave his life during the conflict between Catholics and Orthodox that formed part of the war between Polish and Russian forces in the mid-seventeenth century. Cossacks opposed to the Jesuit's forceful defense of Catholics butchered Bobola but could not break his faithful commitment to the Church.

He was born in southern Poland to a family that was part of the lesser nobility.

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He studied at a Jesuit school and then entered the novitiate in After studying philosophy and theology at Vilnius, he was assigned to be the pastor of the Jesuit church in Nesvizh where he made many converts. After two years there, he returned to Vilnius for 16 years during which he became known for his preaching and for developing sodalities whose members performed ministry to prisoners and taught catechism to children.

He and the sodalists also acted heroically during two periods when the plague struck Vilnius.

In he moved to Bobruisk in eastern Pol St. Andrew Bobola Feast day: May 16 - Catholic News Agency PEPU