Edward Klinik
Polish resistance fighter and Roman Catholic martyr (1919–1942)
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Edward Klinik (21 July 1919 – 24 August 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic anti-Nazi resistance fighter. One of the Poznań Five (Poznańska Piątka), he was guillotined in a prison in Dresden for his resistance work. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999.
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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.
Connected on this site
- Jarogniew Wojciechowski Blessed“At Dresden in Germany, Blesseds Czesław Jóźwiak, Edward Kaźmierski, Franciszek Kęsy, Edward Klinik and Jarogniew Wojciechowski, martyrs, who, of Polish origin, thrown into prison in the same period, suffered martyrdom by the axe.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 108 martiri polacchi della II Guerra Mondiale — Listed as "Edward Klinik, Laico, 24 agosto"; one of the five Poznan Oratory youths, beatified 13 June 1999.
- Wikidata Q95016 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Edward Klinik (CC BY-SA)
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