Bronisław Kostkowski
| Blessed Bronisław Kostkowski | |
|---|---|
Portrait of Kostkowski, c. 1939
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 11 March 1915 Stolp, Province of Pomerania, German Empire |
| Died | 27 September 1942 (aged 27) Dachau, Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria, German Reich |
| Cause of death | Exhaustion |
| Home town | Bydgoszcz |
| Parents | Mateusz Władysław Kostkowski (father) Maria née Wiśniewska (mother) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| Ordination | 1939 |
Bronisław Kostkowski (March 11, 1915 – September 27, 1942) was a Polish and Roman Catholic seminarian. He was born in Stolp. He was imprisoned in the Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp and later died at the Nazi Dachau concentration camp. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999.[1]
See also
- List of Nazi-German concentration camps
- The Holocaust in Poland
- World War II casualties of Poland
References
- Back to citation "Patron Saints Index: 108 Martyrs of World War Two". 2008-02-16. Archived from the original on 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2022-10-03.