Symforian Ducki
Polish Capuchin friar and martyr (1888–1942)
Feast: 11 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the extermination camp of Auschwitz near Kraków in Poland, Blessed Symforian Ducki, religious of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and martyr, who, arrested during the war for his fidelity to Christ, ended his life under torture.
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 11 April as a Capuchin friar and martyr arrested in wartime for his fidelity to Christ, who died under torture at Auschwitz.
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, 11 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4171372 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.