Blessed Stefan Grelewski - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Stefan Grelewski

Also known as: prisoner 10444 (Auschwitz); prisoner 25581 (Dachau)

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

9 May; 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

Born

3 July 1899 in Dwikozy, Swietokrzyskie, Poland

Died

Starved to death on 9 May 1941 in the camp hospital of Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Stefan Grelewski, older brother of Blessed Kazimierz Grelewski, dedicated his life to fostering Catholic faith and intellectual engagement in interwar Poland. Born in Poland (exact

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1999-06-13 by 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Feast Days

May 9 June 12

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