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Marian Konopiński
Roman Catholic priest (1907–1943)
BlessedResearchedPoland
Feast: 1 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1907
Died
1943
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the Dachau prison camp near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, Blessed Marian Konopiński, priest and martyr: Polish by birth, he offered his life for Christ the Lord, suffering atrocities at the hands of cruel doctors.
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 1 January as a Polish priest and martyr who suffered at the hands of cruel doctors at Dachau.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4231138 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.