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Narcyz Turchan
BlessedResearchedPoland
Feast: 19 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1879
Died
1942
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Near Munich in Bavaria in Germany, Blessed Narcyz Turchan, priest of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr, who, from Poland, oppressed by a wicked regime, was deported for his faith to the detention camp of Dachau, 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 19 March as a Franciscan priest and martyr who died under torture at Dachau.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 19 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4466456 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.