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Blessed Jozef Stanek
Blessed Jozef Stanek

Blessed Józef Stanek

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

23 September; 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

Born

4 December 1916 in Lapsze Nizne, Poland

Died

Hanged on 23 September 1944 in a ruined factory in the Solec district of Czerniaków, Poland; body left to hang as an example to others; the chapel in the Warsaw Uprising Museum is named in his honour

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 Józef Stanek, also known as Father Józef Stanek, was born on 4 December 1916 in Lapsze Nizne, Poland. He was baptized at the tender age of one day and tragically orphaned at the age of six. Despite these early challenges in life, Józef received a solid education at a Pallottine school in Wadowice, Poland. It was during this time that his spiritual calling began to take shape.

Cause for Canonization

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

Feast Days

September 23June 12
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