Stefan Grelewski
Polish presbyter (1898-1941)
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the prison camp of Dachau near Munich in Bavaria, Blessed Stefan Grelewski, priest and martyr, who, during the wartime military occupation of Poland, worn out by the cruel torments inflicted on him in prison by the persecutors of the Church, received the glorious crown of martyrdom.
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 9 May as a Polish priest martyred at Dachau, worn out by cruel torments.
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.
Connected on this site
- Kazimierz Grelewski Blessed Brother or sister
- Roman Martyrology, 9 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2208870 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.