September 8th

Blessed Adam Bargielski

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Dachau, Germany · d. 1942

Near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, in the Dachau concentration camp, Blessed Adam Bargielski, priest and martyr, who in time of war freely gave himself up to the enemies of the faith in place of his parish priest, and, having endured dreadful sufferings in prison, passed unconquered to eternal glory.

Latin Original

Prope Monáchium Baváriz in Germánia intra castra detentiónis Dacháni, beáti Adámi Bargielski, presbyteri et mártyris, qui in bello sponte pro párocho suo fidei hóstibus se trádidit et in cárcere dira perpéssus ad azetérnam glóriam invíctus migrávit.