Antonin Bajewski
Polish priest (1915–1941)
Feast: 7 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Antonin Bajewski (17 January 1915 – 18 May 1941), born Jan Eugene Bajewski, was a Polish Franciscan friar. He has been declared a martyr by the Catholic Church following his death in Auschwitz Concentration Camp in 1941 and was beatified as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II by the Polish Pope John-Paul II on 13 June 1999. Their collective feast day is 12 June.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Nominis (Conference des eveques de France) - Bienheureux Antonin Bajewski Franciscain martyr à Auschwitz — Nominis, the saints database of the French bishops' conference, has a full entry: Bienheureux Antonin Bajewski Franciscain martyr à Auschwitz (+ 1941) Né à Vilnius en 1915, Jan Eugène Bajewski prend l'habit franciscain e
- Wikidata Q2042446 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Antonin Bajewski (CC BY-SA)
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