Blessed Jarogniew Wojciechowski
Feast Day
24 August; 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
Born
5 November 1922 Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
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 Jarogniew Wojciechowski, also known as Jarek by his family and friends, was a young layman in the archdiocese of Poznan, Poland, who lived during a tumultuous period in history. He was born on November 5, 1922, in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland, to a troubled family. His father, an alcoholic manager of a cosmetics shop, eventually abandoned their family, leaving them in difficult circumstances.
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