Blessed Ludwik Mzyk

Blessed Ludwik Mzyk, also known as Ludivico Mzyk and Ludvig Mzyk, was born on 22 April 1905 in Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland. He was the fifth of ten children born into a devout Catholic family, and his father worked as a coal miner. From a young age, Ludwik felt a calling to the priesthood, and he entered the seminary in Heiligenkreuz during his teenage years.