Blessed Karol Stepien
Also known as: Brother Herman; Father Herman
Feast Day
19 July; 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
Born
21 October 1910 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland
Died
Shot in the head on 19 July 1943 in a barn outside Borovikovshchina (Borowikowszczyzna), Minskaya voblasts’, Belarus; the barn was then set on fire; remains later retrieved by local Catholics and buried in the parish church in Pierszaje, Poland
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 Karol Stepien, also known as Brother Herman or Father Herman, was born on October 21, 1910, in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland, to Józef and Marianna Puch, who were poor working-class farmers. As a child, Karol displayed exceptional intelligence but also had a reputation for being quite unruly.
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