Piotr Edward Dankowski
Piotr Edward Dankowski | |
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Born | Winów, Poland | June 21, 1908
Died | April 3, 1942 Auschwitz | (aged 33)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 13 June 1999, Poland by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | June 12 |
Piotr Edward Dańkowski (born June 21, 1908 in Jordanów, died on April 3, 1942 in Auschwitz) is a Polish Catholic saint who is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the patron saint of clerics and priests of the Archdiocese of Krakow.
Biography
His father worked as a shoemaker and he was raised on a farm. He graduated from the gymnasium in Nowy Targ and in 1926 entered the Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Krakow. He studied theology at Jagiellonian University. He was ordained a priest on February 1, 1931 at the Church of St. Anna.
Dańkowski worked as a priest in the various Polish parishes in the 1930s. In Zakopane, he was a religious instructor at the gymnasium and high school, as well as being a confessor of the Albertine Sisters and was involved in social work.
During the war, he was active in the Polish Resistance ZWZ under the pseudonym "Jordan". Together with his brother Stanisław, he translated allied radio and helped edit ZWZ pamphlets. He was arrested on May 10, 1941 and subjected to interrogation in the Gestapo headquarters in Zakopane. He was held in a prison in Tarnów, and in December 1941 he was transferred to the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was given the camp number 24 529 and was transferred into Auschwitz III subcamp working on the early construction of the Buna Werke factory of the IG Farben complex in the camp.[1]
He died sick and exhausted after being beaten by a Kapo with a trunk tied to his shoulders on April 3, 1942, Good Friday, his last words to a friend were "See you in the Kingdom of God!" His body was destroyed in the crematorium.[2]
He was beatified along with 108 other martyrs of World War II on June 13, 1999 by Pope John Paul II.
References
- ^ “Beato Pietro Edoardo Dankowski S“. http://www.santiebeati.it/. 07 April 2020. Web. 4 February 2021. <http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/93076>
- ^ “Blessed Piotr Edward Dankowski“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 March 2019. Web. 4 February 2021. <https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-piotr-edward-dankowski/>
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