Władysław Błądziński
(1908–1944)
Educator, Martyr, Priest
one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II / jeden ze 108 błogosławionych męczenników
Orders/Societies Associated with: Michaelites / Michalici*
Place of birth:Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Austrian Galicia / Austrian Poland) (Austro-Hungarian Monarchy)†
Place of death:Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp††
Place(s) associated with:Montelupich Prison (used by the Gestapo)†††
Feastday
8 September
Beatification
13/06/1999 by Ioannes Paulus II
*Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel / Congregatio Sancti Michaelis Archangeli / Zgromadzenie Świętego Michała Archanioła [1921]
†Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria with the Grand Duchy of Kraków and the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator / Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien mit dem Großherzogtum Krakau und den Herzogtümern Auschwitz und Zator / Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii wraz z Wielkim Księstwem Krakowskim i Księstwem Oświęcimia i Zatoru / Королівство Галичини та Володимирії з великим князіством Краківським і князівствами Освенцима і Затору / Galícia és Lodoméria királysága Krakkó nagyhercegségével és Auschwitz és Zator hercegséggel [1867–1918]
††KZ Groß-Rosen / Konzentrationslager Groß-Rosen / Obóz koncentracyjny Gross-Rosen [1940–1945]
†††Gefängnis Montelupich (von der Gestapo genutzt) / Więzienie Montelupich (używany przez Gestapo) [1940–1945]
Saints
This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.
The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.
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Sources
Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:
D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.
Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.
Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.
Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990
and the following websites:
and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia