August 12th

Blessed Florian Stępniak and Joseph Straszewski, Martyrs

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

At Dachau near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, the Blessed priests and martyrs Florian Stępniak, of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and Joseph Straszewski, who, at the time of the invasion of Poland in the war, in the concentration camp, poisoned by deadly gas, departed this life.

Latin Original

Dacháni prope Monáchium Bavárize in Germánia, beatórum Floriáni Stepniak, ex Ordine Fratrum Minórum Capuccinórum, et Ioséphi Straszewski, presbyterórum et mártyrum, qui, témpore invasiónis Polóniz in bello, in castris detentiónis mortífero vapóre inquináti vita excessérunt.