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The 108 Martyrs of World War II, known also as the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs (Polish: 108 błogosławionych męczenników), were Catholics from Poland killed during World War II by Nazi Germany. Their liturgical feast day is 12 June. The 108 were beatified on 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland.
Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror "Death of Cranmer", from the 1887 Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, 1523, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyrs; Jan de Bakker, 1525, burned at the stake; Martyrs of Tlaxcala, 1527-1529; Felix Manz, 1527; Patrick Hamilton, 1528, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyr ...
This list concerns people who have been canonised or beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in connection with their actions during the era of Nazi Germany. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Among the Catholic clergy who died at Dachau were many of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II. [77] Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder died of hunger and illness in 1942. [78] Saint Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite, died of a lethal injection in 1942. Blessed Alojs Andritzki, a German priest, was given a lethal injection in 1943. [79]
The Polish Church honours 108 Martyrs of World War II, including the 11 Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth murdered by the Gestapo in 1943 and known as the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek. [58] The Polish church opened the cause of Józef and Wiktoria Ulma to the process of beatification in 2003. The couple and their family were murdered for ...
Among the priest-martyrs killed at Dachau were many of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II. [146] Gerhard Hirschfelder died of hunger and illness in 1942. [147] Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite, was murdered by a lethal injection in 1942. The Nazis murdered Alois Andritzki, a German priest, by lethal injection in 1943. [148]
Martyrs of Thailand Maximilian Kolbe: 1894: Zduńska Wola, Russian Empire: 1941: KL Auschwitz, German-Occupied Poland: Conventual Franciscan priest, Martyr Blessed Andriy Ishchak: 1887 1941 Blessed Yakym Senkivskyi: 1896: Velyki Hai, Ukraine, Russian Empire: 1941: Drohobych, Ukraine, USSR: Martyr Blessed Elisa Angela Meneguzzi: 1901 1941 ...
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