Edward Detkens
Polish Catholic priest, blessed (1885–1942)
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Edward Detkens (1885–1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. He was imprisoned in the Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp and died at Dachau. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II. He is buried at Powązki Cemetery.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — 108 martiri polacchi della II Guerra Mondiale — Listed on the Vatican page as "Edward Detkens, sacerdote, 10 ottobre", among the 108 Polish martyrs beatified in 1999.
- Wikidata Q2107733 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Edward Detkens (CC BY-SA)
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