Piotr Dańkowski
Polish Roman Catholic saint (1908–1942)
Feast: 3 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Near Kraków in Poland, in the extermination camp of Auschwitz, Blessed Piotr Edward Dańkowski, priest and martyr, who, at a time when his homeland was subjected to a foreign military regime, imprisoned for his Christian faith, received martyrdom amid tortures.
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 3 April as a priest and martyr who died under torture at Auschwitz, imprisoned for his Christian 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, 3 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4154944 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Piotr Edward Dankowski (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.