Jan Nepomucen Chrzan
Polish Catholic priest, martyr, blessed (1885–1942)
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Near Munich in Bavaria in Germany, Blessed Jan Nepomucen Chrzan, priest and martyr, who, of Polish nationality, in time of war, in the Dachau camp completed his martyrdom defending the faith before his persecutors.
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 1 July as a Polish priest martyred at Dachau for defending the faith before his persecutors.
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, 1 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4323046 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.