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Also known as

• Casimir Gostynski

Memorial

• 6 May
• 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War Two

Profile

Parish priest known as a zealous pastor and teacher. He was arrested in January 1940 during the Nazi persecutions, he kept his faith and ministered to other prisoners in the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps where he was sentenced to forced labour. After over two years of starvation, torture and overwork, he was no longer of any use to his captors, and was thrown into the gas chambers. Martyr.

Born

• 8 April 1884 in Warsaw, Poland

Died

• gassed on 6 May 1942 in the concentration camp at Dachau, Bavaria, Germany

Venerated

• 26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

• 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland

Readings

If Christ suffered, we too, following his example, should accept sufferings. – Blessed Kazimierz

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Kazimierz Gostyński“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 July 2021. Web. 19 May 2024. <>