Franciszek Dachtera
Catholic martyr (1910-1942)
Feast: 22 August (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 Franciszek Dachtera, priest and martyr, who, of Polish origin, died for Christ in time of war, worn out by the atrocities inflicted on him by doctors devoid of all respect for human 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 23 August as a Polish priest martyred at Dachau.
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, 23 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2626102 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Franciszek Dachtera (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.