Marian Konopiński
Roman Catholic priest (1907–1943)
Feast: 1 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the Dachau prison camp near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, Blessed Marian Konopiński, priest and martyr: Polish by birth, he offered his life for Christ the Lord, suffering atrocities at the hands of cruel doctors.
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 1 January as a Polish priest and martyr who suffered at the hands of cruel doctors 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, 1 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4231138 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.