Blessed Antoni Leszczewicz

Memorial

• 17 February

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Friar. Priest. Member of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception. One of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II.

Born

• 30 September 1890 in Abramovsk, Vilniaus rajonas, Lithuania

Died

• burned to death on 17 February 1943 at the death camp in Rositsa, Vitebskaya voblasts’, Belarus

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
     Postulacja Generalna Procesu Meczenników Kosciola w Polsce
     ul. Karnkowskiego 3
     87-800 Wloclawek, POLAND

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Antoni Leszczewicz”. Saints.SQPN.com. 1 August 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-antoni-leszczewicz/>