Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

Memorial: 22 February
Profile: Ordained on 13 March 1937. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1939, he was shuttled through the concentration camps Fort Seven, Stutthof, Grenzdorf, Oranienburg-Sachsenhausen and finally Dachau. Spiritual leader of other prisoners wherever he was imprisoned. Contracted his fatal illness while working with fellow prisoners dying of typhus, 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
Beatified: 7 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Torun, Poland
Canonized: pending
Images: Gallery of images of Blessed Stefan [4 images, kb]
Additional Information: Kirken i Norge [norwegian]
Address at the Beatification of Father Frelichowski, by Pope John Paul II
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