Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

Memorial

• 22 February

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Ordained on 13 March 1937. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1939, Stefan was shuttled through the concentration camps Fort Seven, Stutthof, Grenzdorf, Oranienburg-Sachsenhausen and finally Dachau. Spiritual leader of other prisoners wherever he was imprisoned. He contracted typhus while working with fellow prisoners dying of the disease, and is thus considered a martyr of charity.

Born

• 22 January 1913 in Chelmza, Poland

Died

• 23 February 1945 of typhus at the Dachau concentration camp, Germany

Venerated

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

Beatified

• 7 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Torun, Poland

Canonized

• if you have information relavant to the canonization of Blessed Stefan, contact
     Diecezja Torunska
     ul. Lazienna 18
     87-100 Torun, POLAND

Images

• Gallery of images of Blessed Stefan

Additional Information

• Address at the Beatification of Father Frelichowski, by Pope John Paul II
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski”. Saints.SQPN.com. 21 February 2010. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-stefan-wincenty-frelichowski/>