Blessed Franciszek Drzewiecki
- 10 August
- 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
Profile
Orionist. After studies at the mother-house in Tortona, Italy, he was ordained on 6 June 1936. Returning to Poland, he taught at the college of Zdunska Wola. Parish priest in Wloclawek, Poland. Arrested on 7 November 1939 and condemned to forced labour at the Dachau concentration camp farms during the Nazi persecutions; he kept consecrated hosts in a small box he wore around his neck, and spent his time in the fields in Eucharistic adoration. Martyr.
Born
- 26 February 1908 in Zduny, Lódzkie, Poland
- 26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
- 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Franciszek Drzewiecki“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 January 2018. Web. 11 December 2019. <>