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Roman Archutowski
Polish scientist
BlessedResearchedPoland
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1882
Died
1943
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the town of Majdanek near Lublin in Poland, Blessed Roman Archutowski, priest and martyr, who was thrown into prison by foreign soldiers for his Christian faith and, overcome by hunger and illness, passed into eternal glory.
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 18 April as a priest and martyr imprisoned for his faith who died of hunger and illness at Majdanek.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2788510 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.