The Saint of the day 12 November is Saint Giosafat Kuncewycz, which name day is celebrated and other saints are celebrated on this date.

San Giosafat Kuncewycz

Giosafat Kuncewycz, aka John Kuncewycz, born in Ukraine in 1580 and died in Vitsyebsk on 12 November 1623, was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic archbishop, today revered as a saint by the Catholic Church.

The parents belonged to the Ukrainian nobility and were orthodox fervent.

Jehoshaphat completed his studies in Vilnius then, embraced the Catholic faith, he was welcomed among the monks of St. Basil.

Ordained priest and elected bishop of Polock, he dedicated himself with great commitment to the cause of the unity of the Church.

This stirred up hatred against some who decided to kill him.

He faced martyrdom in 1623.

Canonized by the Catholic Church in 1867, it is celebrated on November 12 of each year, the date corresponding to the day of his martyrdom.

Other saints and celebrations of 12 November

• San Benedetto, Giovanni, Matteo, Isaac and Cristiano

Monks, proto-martyrs of Poland



• St. Cunibert of Cologne

Bishop

• San Diego of Alcalà

Religious

Recommended readings
• November 14: saint of the day, name day
• November 16: saint of the day, name day
• November 5: saint of the day, name day
• November 1: saint of the day, name day
• November 25: saint of the day, name day
• Sant ’Emiliano della Cogolla

Monk

• Saint Esichio di Vienne

Bishop

• Blessed Giovanni della Pace (Cini from Pisa)

Hermit, founder

• Blessed Giuseppe Raimondo Medes Ferris

Married lay person, martyr

• San Livino (Lebuino)

Bishop

• St. Machar of Aberdeen

Bishop

• San Margarito Flores Garcia

Priest and martyr



• San Nilo the Sinaita

Confessor

അനുദിന വിശുദ്ധർ (Saint of the Day) November 12th - St, Josaphat of Polotsk (April 2024)