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Józef Pawłowski
Polish priest (1890-1942)
SaintFull write-upPolandPost-1588
Feast: 9 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1890
Died
1942
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, in the Dachau prison camp, Blesseds Józef Pawłowski and Kazimierz Grelewski, priests and martyrs: deported in time of war from Poland, invaded by persecutors of the faith, they crowned their martyrdom by death by hanging.
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 9 January as a Polish priest and martyr hanged at Dachau.
Connected on this site
- Kazimierz Grelewski Blessed“Near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, in the Dachau prison camp, Blesseds Józef Pawłowski and Kazimierz Grelewski, priests and martyrs: deported in time of war from Poland, invaded by persecutors of the faith, they crowned their martyrdom by death by hanging.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 9 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4341770 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.