Blessed Jan Nepomucen Chrzan

Also known as

• prisoner 28097

Memorial

• 1 July
• 12 June as one of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II

Profile

Raised in a family with seven children. Graduated in 1906 at the Royal Grammar School in Ostrow, Poland. Studied at the seminaries in Poznan and Gniezno, Poland. Ordained on 30 January 1910 in the archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland. Arrested by the Nazis on 6 October 1941 as part of the sweep of priests following the invasion of Poland. One of the 108 Polish Martyrs.

Born

• 25 April 1885 in Gostyczyna, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Died

• 1 July 1942 at the concentration camp in Dachau, Bavaria, Germany of general abuse
• body burned

Venerated

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

Beatified

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

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Jan, 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
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Jan Nepomucen Chrzan”. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 June 2010. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-jan-nepomucen-chrzan/>