Sadoc
Priest of the Order of Preachers, martyr at Sandomierz in Poland
Who they were
The Roman Martyrology for 2 June places him at Sandomierz on the Vistula in Poland, a priest with companions of the Order of Preachers, martyrs who, as tradition holds, were killed by the Tartars while singing the antiphon ‘Salve Regina’, greeting the Mother of Life at the point of death.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Killed by the Tartars at Sandomierz while singing the Salve Regina.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.