Narcyz Turchan
Feast: 19 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Near Munich in Bavaria in Germany, Blessed Narcyz Turchan, priest of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr, who, from Poland, oppressed by a wicked regime, was deported for his faith to the detention camp of Dachau, where he died under torture.
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 19 March as a Franciscan priest and martyr who died under torture at Dachau.
The cause
Narcyz Turchan has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Franciscans of Kraków: Blessed Narcyz Turchan.
- Roman Martyrology, 19 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4466456 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.