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Roman Sitko
Polish Catholic priest (1880–1942)
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Feast: 12 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1880
Died
1942
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Roman Sitko (30 March 1880 – 12 October 1942) was a Polish Catholic priest. In 1941 he was arrested by the Nazis and murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. He is considered a martyr and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 June 1999.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q4421094 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Roman Sitko (CC BY-SA)
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