Prince Jan Franciszek Czartoryski or Blessed Michał (19 February 1897–6 September 1944) was a Polish
noble
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, and a
Dominican friar.
John Czartoryski was born in Pelkinie (Jaroslaw) on 19 February 1897.
He was an activist of the young organisation "Odrodzenie" ("Rebirth") in
Lwów. During the
Warsaw Uprising
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he was the chaplain of the
Armia Krajowa Group "Konrad", and was shot by
German
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troops.
Czartoryski was
beatified
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on 13 June 1998 among the
108 Polish Martyrs of World War II.
[
Feast Day is 6 September.
]
References
External links
Czartoryski Jerzy
at czartoryski.fm.interia.pl
1897 births
1944 deaths
Polish beatified people
Jan Franciszek
Polish Dominicans
Polish military chaplains
World War II chaplains
108 Blessed Polish Martyrs
Catholic saints and blesseds of the Nazi era
Polish civilians killed in World War II
Home Army officers
Warsaw Uprising insurgents
Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany
Polish people executed by Nazi Germany
People executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad
Dominican beatified people
20th-century Polish people
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