Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (born 1845)

Albert Chmielowski

Polish noble and saint

Albert Chmielowski - born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski - was a Polish Franciscan tertiary, painter, and disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863. He was founder of both the Albertine Brothers and Albertine Sisters who are servants of the homeless and destitute.

Albertine Brothers

The Albertine Brothers are a Catholic congregation of Religious Brothers of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, called the Servants of the Poor. They were founded in 1888 by Albert Chmielowski in Kraków, Poland.