At Dachau near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, Blessed Christinus (Krystyn) Gondek, priest of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr, who, carried off from Poland — then under a regime hostile to human dignity and to religion — into a concentration camp for the faith of Christ, was worn down by torments and attained a glorious crown.
July 23rd
Blessed Krystyn Gondek, Martyr
Latin Original
Dacháni prope Monáchium Baváriz in Germánia, beáti Christini Gondek, presbyteri ex Ordine Fratrum Minórum et mártyris, qui, de Polónia sub regimine humánze dignitáti ac religióni infénso coácta in castra detentiónis propter Christi fidem ablátus, cruciátibus conféctus gloriósam corónam consecütus est.