COIN OF POLAND - 100th CENTENARY OF CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZYNSKI's BIRTH (MINT)

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COMMEMORATIVE COIN OF POLAND
100th CENTENARY OF PRIEST CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZYNSKI's BIRTH
You are invited to bid on a 2 zlote coin of Poland commemorating the 100th Centenary of Priest Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
.
Metal:  (Golden Nordic) CuAl5Zn5Sn1
Dia:  27 mm
Weight:  8.15 g
This coin was minted in 2001 and is in mint condition.
Stefan Wyszyński
(3 August 1901 – 28 May 1981) was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948, archbishop of Warsaw and archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He was created a cardinal on 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII as the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere. He assumed the title of Primate of Poland. Stefan Wyszyński was often called the
Primate of the Millennium
.
The case for his beatification and canonization opened in 1989 (he now has the title of Servant of God) and has many proponents in the Vatican and in his native Poland, where he is well known for his heroic and principled stand against Nazism and Communism, and because of his connections to Pope John Paul II (he played a key role in urging then-Cardinal Wojtyla to accept his election as Supreme Pontiff).
To many he was the unquestionable leader of Polish nation (the uncrowned king of Poland), in opposition to the totalitarian government. He is also credited for the survival of Polish Christianity in the face of its repression and persecution during the reign of the 1945–1989 Communist regime. He himself was imprisoned for three years, and is considered by many to be a Polish national hero.
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