Józef Ulma
Polish farmer executed for sheltering Jews, Catholic martyr and Blessed
Feast: 7 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
The Ulma family (Polish: Rodzina Ulmów) or Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children (Polish: Józef i Wiktoria Ulmowie z siedmiorgiem Dzieci) were a Polish Catholic family in Markowa, Poland, during the Nazi German occupation in World War II who attempted to rescue Polish Jewish families by hiding them in their own home during the Holocaust. They and their children were summarily executed on 24 March 1944 for doing so.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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
- Antoni Ulma Blessed Child
- Barbara Ulma Blessed Child
- Franciszek Ulma Blessed Child
- Maria Ulma Blessed Child
- Stanisława Ulma Blessed Child
- Wiktoria Ulma Blessed Spouse“The Ulma family (Polish: Rodzina Ulmów) or Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children (Polish: Józef i Wiktoria Ulmowie z siedmiorgiem Dzieci) were a Polish Catholic family in Markowa, Poland, during the Nazi German occupation in World War II who attempted to rescue Polish Jewish families by hiding them in their…” — Wikipedia
- Władysław Ulma Blessed Child
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — Józef e Wiktoria Ulma e sette figli — Vatican page for the Ulma family of Markowa, killed in 1944 for sheltering Jews and beatified in September 2023.
- Wikidata Q15477989 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Józef Ulma (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.