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Siedliska, Rzeszów County

Coordinates: 49°57′11″N 21°56′47″E / 49.95306°N 21.94639°E / 49.95306; 21.94639
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Siedliska
Village
Siedliska is located in Poland
Siedliska
Siedliska
Coordinates: 49°57′11″N 21°56′47″E / 49.95306°N 21.94639°E / 49.95306; 21.94639
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodkarpackie
CountyRzeszów
GminaLubenia
Population
1,700

Siedliska [ɕɛdˈlʲiska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubenia, within Rzeszów County, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[1]

Notable personalities

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Siedliska is the birthplace of Father Józef Kowalski of the Salesian Society, the martyr of Auschwitz concentration camp beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 13, 1999, at a ceremonial mass in Warsaw.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Ks. Jan Krawiec SDB (28 February 2005). "Męczennik Auschwitz – ksiądz Józef Kowalski" [The Martyr of Auschwitz – Father Józef Kowalski]. Don Bosco. Magazyn salezjański 9-10/2001. Salezjanie.pl. Archived from the original on January 6, 2006. Retrieved 6 May 2014.