Ludwik Gietyngier
Polish Catholic priest, martyr, blessed of the Catholic Church (1904–1941)
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, in the Dachau prison camp, Blessed Ludwik Roch Gietyngier, priest and martyr, who, during the wartime occupation of Poland, was subjected to torture because of the criminal activities carried out by the enemies of the faith and gave up his spirit 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 30 November as a Polish priest tortured to death at Dachau.
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, 30 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4137698 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.