Antoni Świadek
Polish Roman Catholic priest and martyr (1909–1945)
Feast: 25 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the prison camp of Dachau near Munich in Bavaria in Germany, Blessed Antoni Świadek, priest and martyr, who, in time of war, defended the faith against the followers of doctrines contrary to all human and Christian dignity, receiving the unfading crown.
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 25 January as a priest who died a martyr at Dachau.
The cause
Antoni Świadek has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: St Stanislaus parish, Bydgoszcz: Blessed Antoni Swiadek.
- Roman Martyrology, 25 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4448349 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Antoni Świadek (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.