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Blessed Józef Stepniak Date Location And Photographer Unknown
Blessed Józef Stepniak Date Location And Photographer Unknown

Blessed Józef Stepniak

Also known as: Father Florian; prisoner 22738

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

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

Born

3 January 1912 in Zdzary, Mazowieckie, Poland

Died

Gassed on 12 August 1942 in the death chambers of Dachau concentration camp, Oberbayern, 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 Józef Stepniak, also known as Father Florian and prisoner 22738, was born on 3 January 1912 in Zdzary, Mazowieckie, Poland, to Paul and Anna Misztal. He was baptized into the Catholic faith at the tender age of one day. Unfortunately, Jozef's mother passed away when he was very young, leaving his father to raise him on their family farm.

Cause for Canonization

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

Feast Days

August 12June 12
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