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• 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

Died

• gassed on 10 August 1942 at the prison camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, 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 Franciszek Drzewiecki“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 January 2018. Web. 18 April 2021. <>