Leon Nowakowski
Feast: 31 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the town of Piotrków Kujawski in Poland, Blessed Leon Nowakowski, priest and martyr, who, during the military occupation of Poland, was shot for having strenuously defended the faith before the regime hostile to God.
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 31 October as a priest shot during the occupation of Poland for defending the faith.
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, 31 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4321872 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.