Anastazy Pankiewicz
Polish priest (1882–1942)
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Along the route from the prison camp of Dachau to Hartheim near Linz in Austria, Blessed Anastazy Pankiewicz, priest of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr, who bore witness to his faith until death against a regime that oppressed Christian dignity.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 20 April as a Franciscan priest and martyr who died on the way from Dachau to Hartheim.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 20 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4344069 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.