Piotr Szarek
Polish martyr of Nazi Germany (1908-1939)
Who they were
Piotr Szarek (7 May 1908 – 9 September 1939) was a Polish Catholic clergyman, and a member of the Congregation of the Missionwho was publicly murdered by the Nazis on the ninth day of the Second World War.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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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.
- Polish Province of the Congregation of the Mission (misjonarze.pl) — "Sluga Bozy ks. Piotr Szarek CM", shot at Bydgoszcz in September 1939; the diocesan enquiry for eleven Vincentian martyrs opened at Krakow 17 September 2003.
- Wikidata Q7197013 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Piotr Szarek (CC BY-SA)
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