Antoni Rewera
(1869–1942)
Dean (of Cathedral Chapter in Sandomierz†), Martyr, Priest
one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II / jeden ze 108 błogosławionych męczenników
Place of birth:Kingdom of Poland (Vistula Land / Russian Poland)††
Place of death:Dachau Concentration Camp†††
Place(s) associated with:Auschwitz Concentration Camp (Auschwitz-Birkenau)††††
Feastday
1 October
Beatification
13/06/1999 by Ioannes Paulus II
†Kapituła Katedralna w Sandomierzu
††Królestwo Polskie (Kraj Nadwiślański) / Царство Польское (Привислинский край) [1867–1915]
†††KZ Dachau / Konzentrationslager Dachau / Konzentrazioonslaager Dachau [1933–1945]
††††KL Auschwitz / Konzentrationslager Auschwitz [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