Blessed Franciszek Kesy Date Location And Photographer Unknown

Blessed Franciszek Kesy

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

24 August; 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

Born

13 November 1920 in Berlin, Germany

Died

Guillotined on 24 August 1942 in Dresden, Germany

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland

Venerated

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

Biography

Blessed Franciszek Kesy, born on 13 November 1920 in Berlin, Germany, was a young layman who lived in the archdiocese of Poznan, Poland. He was the son of a carpenter who moved his family to Poznan in search of work.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1999-06-13 by 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland

Feast Days

August 24 June 12

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