{"aliases":[],"awards":[],"biography_summary":"Blessed Micha\u0142 Giedroy\u0107 (; \u2013 4 May 1485) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic noble and brother of the Canons Regular of the Penitence of the Blessed Martyrs. Giedroy\u0107 did not have any great accomplishments, but his life followed the Devotio moderna, a movement calling for genuine pious practices such as humility, obedience, and simplicity of life. Giedroy\u0107 was born to a noble family in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. One of his feet was paralyzed and he had to use crutches when walking. He later became a religious in the Canons Regular of the Penitence of the Blessed Martyrs, an Augustinian order. In 1460, he moved to Krak\u00f3w, Kingdom of Poland, where he received a university degree and remained until his death. He lived an austere life as a hermit in a hut attached to the Church of St. Mark, Krak\u00f3w where he served as a sacristan. He practiced self-flagellation. He was said to have received a vision from Jesus Christ and to have the gift of prophecy. The cause for his canonization was launched sometime after his death and his relics were raised and enshrined in 1624. However, the beatification stalled and was abandoned in the 17th century. The cause was revived in the 1980s and in 2001 he was recognized as a Servant of God. On 7 November 2018, Pope Francis authorized his equipollent beatification due to recognition of his longstanding local cultus (veneration).","birth_date":"1420-01-01","birth_place":"Giedrai\u010diai","birth_place_coordinates":{"latitude":55.077778,"longitude":25.258333},"birth_place_wikidata_id":"Q3068575","birth_place_wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3068575","canonical_name":"Mykolas Giedraitis","canonical_url":"https://en.instaget.online/people/37888f319ff9ba945c998e05","citizenships":["Grand Duchy of Lithuania"],"death_date":"1485-05-04","description":"Lithuanian noble, Roman Catholic Church monk, blessed","external_ids":{"viaf":{"id":"89721883","url":"https://viaf.org/viaf/89721883/"}},"full_name":"Mykolas Giedraitis","height_cm":null,"names":{"aliases":[],"birth":[],"native":[],"official":[]},"native_name":null,"notable_works":[],"occupations":["priest"],"official_websites":[],"photo":{"author":"Unknown authorUnknown author. Tentatively attributed to Martin (died in 1647), student of Thomas Dolabella (1600\u20131650), a court painter from Venice","license":"Public domain","license_url":null,"source":"Wikimedia Commons","source_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Micha%C5%82_Giedrojc._%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%86.jpg","url":"https://instaget-public-commons.tor1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/public/commons/3e7c630b0d6c2ba464292909a3779f2c850a2847ea383977170c172fd986bb55"},"profile_url":"https://en.instaget.online/people/37888f319ff9ba945c998e05","provenance":{"catalog":"wikidata_wikipedia","fetched_at":"2026-08-29T06:34:21Z","social_archives_included":false,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3646443"},"public_hash":"37888f319ff9ba945c998e05","schema_version":"1.1","socials":{},"tags":[{"key":"category:religion","label":"Religion","type":"category"},{"key":"occupation:priest","label":"priest","type":"occupation"},{"key":"country:giedrai\u010diai","label":"Giedrai\u010diai","type":"country"},{"key":"citizenship:grand duchy of lithuania","label":"Grand Duchy of Lithuania","type":"citizenship"}],"wikidata_id":"Q3646443","wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3646443","wikipedia_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Giedroy%C4%87"}