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• 24 August
• 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

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Son of a poor cobbler in the archdiocese of Poznan, Poland. He managed to finish elementary school, but had to leave to work to help the family. A pious boy, he joined the Salesian youth oratory and spent his free time there in Eucharistic adoration, singing in the choir and as a soloist, and writing music. Made the pilgrimage to Czestokowa, walking over 300 miles to the shrine. Martyred in the Nazi persecutions of World War II.

Born

• 1 October 1919 Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Died

• guillotined on 24 August 1942 in Dresden, Germany

Venerated

• 26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Edward Kazmierski“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 February 2019. Web. 18 January 2021. <>