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Blessed Józef Wojciech Guz

Also known as: Innocent; Innocenty

Blessed
Post-Congregation

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.

Cause for Canonization

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

Feast Days

June 6June 12
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