Blessed Aleksy Sobaszek

Memorial

• 1 August

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Priest. One of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II.

Born

• 17 August 1895 in Przygodzice, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Died

• martyred on 1 August 1942 at the concentration camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany

Venerated

• 26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Antoni, contact
     Rev. Tomasz Kaczmarek
     Postulacja Generalna Procesu Meczenników Kosciola w Polsce
     ul. Karnkowskiego 3
     87-800 Wloclawek, POLAND

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Aleksy Sobaszek”. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 January 2011. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-aleksy-sobaszek/>