Blessed Józef Wojciech Guz
Also known as: Innocent; Innocenty
Feast Day
6 June; 12 June as one of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II
Born
8 March 1890 in Lwów, Poland (modern L’viv, L’vivs’ka oblast’, Ukraine)
Died
From trauma resulting from having a charged fire hose stuffed down his throat on 6 June 1940 in the prison camp at Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg, Oberhavel, Germany
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland
Biography
Blessed Józef Wojciech Guz, also known as Innocent or Innocenty, was born on 8 March 1890 in Lwów, Poland (modern L’viv, Ukraine). After completing high school, Józef initially aspired to join the Jesuits but was unfortunately turned down. Undeterred, he persevered in his vocation and, on 25 August 1908, joined the Franciscans, taking the name Innocenty.
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