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Antoni Beszta-Borowski
Polish Roman Catholic priest (1880–1943)
BlessedResearchedSecond Polish Republic
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1880
Died
1943
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the town of Bielsk Podlaski in Poland, Blessed Antoni Beszta-Borowski, priest and martyr, who, during the war, was arrested by enemies of the faith and died shot for Christ.
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 15 July as a priest arrested during the war by enemies of the faith and shot for Christ at Bielsk Podlaski.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 15 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4086119 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Antoni Beszta-Borowski (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.