Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Poland’s Last Male Hermit Dies

[Notes From Poland] A Polish monk who spent the last 23 years of his life living in seclusion and was the last man in Poland to be officially recognised as a hermit by the Catholic Church has died.

Elizeusz Janikowski had lived a solitary life at a hermitage (pictured above) without running water or electricity atop Cierniak Hill in the Kłodzko Valley in southwestern Poland.

He passed away on Saturday morning at the age of 69 after a long illness, confirmed the parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Czerwona Woda.


AMDG

2 comments:

Pawel Wieczorek said...

This happens in places like Poland from time to time. Life is short.

Anonymous said...

What happens?