Jan Swierc
Polish Catholic priest (1877–1941)
Who they were
Jan Świerc (29 April 1877 – 27 June 1941) was a Polish Catholic priest who was affiliated with the Salesians of Don Bosco. He was the parish priest for Przemyśl-Zasanie and St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in Kraków before being murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp. His beatification process started in 2003, and he was recognised as a martyr in 2025; he was beatified in Kraków in 2026.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Stanislaus Kostka Saint“Stanislaus Kostka Parish in Kraków before being murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q11719667 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Jan Świerc (CC BY-SA)
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