Roman Archutowski
Polish scientist
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the town of Majdanek near Lublin in Poland, Blessed Roman Archutowski, priest and martyr, who was thrown into prison by foreign soldiers for his Christian faith and, overcome by hunger and illness, passed into eternal glory.
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 18 April as a priest and martyr imprisoned for his faith who died of hunger and illness at Majdanek.
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, 18 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2788510 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.