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Vitus of Poland

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17th-century portrait of Vitus
Bornunknown
Kingdom of Poland
Diedc. 1269

Vitus O.P. (died c. 1269) was a Polish Dominican friar from the Kraków convent and the first bishop in Lithuania (1253–1255). Though venerated as a "blessed" by the Order of Preachers, his cause for beatification is still within preliminary stages.

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