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Józef Kowalski
Polish saint
Feast: 4 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the extermination camp of Auschwitz near Kraków in Poland, Blessed Józef Kowalski, martyr, who, in time of war, was put in prison for Christ, where under torture he completed his martyrdom.
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 4 July as a martyr who died under torture at Auschwitz, imprisoned there for Christ.
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, 4 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q325236 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Józef Kowalski (priest) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.