John Cantius

Saint John Cantius (b. 1412, d. 1473) was a renowned Polish scholar and theologian. In Polish, his name is Jan Kanty. In English he is also known as John of Kęty. ImageMetadata File history File links Jan_Kanty. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Jan_Kanty. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan. ... Events Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ...

He was born in the village of Kęty, near Oswiecim to Stanislaus and Anne Cantius in 1412, in the diocese of Kraków, Poland. His parents enrolled him in the Academy of Kraków, where he flourished, eventually being graduated as a bachelor, master, and doctor successively. He was also ordained a priest. Oświęcim. ... Motto: none Voivodship Lesser Poland Municipal government Rada miasta Kraków Mayor Jacek Majchrowski Area 326,8 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 757,500 (2004 est. ...

Though he left the Academy for a time after his graduation, he soon returned there as professor of Sacrae Scripturae, a position he held until his death in 1473.

Cantius was noted throughout his life for his good humor and humility. He would subsist only on what was strictly necessary to sustain his life, giving the rest of his salary away to the poor.

He made four pilgrimages to Rome (on foot), and one to Jerusalem -- the latter with the intention of martyring himself to the Turks. Pilgrim at Mecca A pilgrimage is a term primarily used in religion and spirituality of a long journey or search of great moral significance. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Jerusalem and the Old City. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. ...

Various miracles were attributed to him throughout his life. He was canonized in 1767, by Pope Clement XIII. According to many religions, a miracle, derived from the old Latin word miraculum meaning something wonderful, is a striking interposition of divine intervention by God in the universe by which the operations of the ordinary course of Nature are overruled, suspended, or modified. ... Canonization is the process of declaring someone a saint and involves proving that a candidate has lived in such a way that he or she is worthy of sainthood. ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Clement XIII, né Carlo della Torre Rezzonico (Venice, March 7, 1693 – Rome, February 2, 1769), was pope from 1758 to 1769. ...

St. Cantius' Feast Day is October 20th. The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ...