Wojciech Nierychlewski
Polish priest (1903-1942)
Feast: 7 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Near Kraków in Poland, Blessed Wojciech Nierychlewski, priest of the Congregation of Saint Michael and martyr, who, for his faith in Christ, was deported from Poland, then subject to a military regime hostile to human dignity and to religion, to the extermination camp of Auschwitz, where he died 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 7 February as a priest who died under torture at Auschwitz for his faith in Christ.
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, 7 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2071311 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.