June 6th

Blessed Innocent Guz, Priest and Martyr

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Sachsenhausen, Germany · d. 1940

At Sachsenhausen in Germany, Blessed Innocent Guz, priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual and martyr, who, a Pole by birth, after his homeland had been invaded by force of arms by the followers of opinions hostile to humanity and to religion, was put to death by the guards of the detention camp for the faith of Christ.

Latin Original

Sachsenhüász in Germánia, beáti Innocéntii Guz, presbyteri ex Ordine Fratrum Minórum Conventuálium et mártyris, qui, polónus génere, pátria more militári a sectatóribus opiniónum hóminum et religiónis adversárum invása, a vigilibus castrórum detentiónis ob Christi fidem trucidátus est. JUNIUS 327