Born in the Ukraine about 1580, ordained about 1604, Josaphat became a monk. He was a noted theologian and preacher, and loyal to Rome.

He was made bishop of Polotz in 1617, and embarked on a thoroughgoing pastoral reform, visiting his clergy, seeing that the people were instructed and taking an interest in the liturgy.

His reforms aroused hostility, and he was murdered at Vitebsk, during a pastoral visit, in 1623.

The Weekday Missal (1975)

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