February 17th

Blessed Anthony Leszczewicz

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Rosica, Poland (now Belarus) · d. 1943

At Rosica in Poland, Blessed Anthony Leszczewicz, priest of the Congregation of Marian Clerics and martyr, who, during the military occupation of that land in time of war, was burned to death by persecutors of the Church for the faith of Christ.

Latin Original

Rosíca in Polónia, beáti Antónii Leszczewicz, presbyteri e Congregatióne Clericórum Marianórum et mártyris, qui, témpore militáris occupatiónis illíus terree in bello, ab Ecclesiae persecutóribus propter Christi fidem arsus est.