Bl. Marian Konopinski Poznan

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Born: 10 September 1907 in Kluczewo, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Died: 1 January 1943 in the concentration camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany

Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Memorial 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

Priest and vicar-general of the archdiocese of Poznan, Poland. Chaplain of the Congregation of the Holy Archangels. Studied social science at the university in Poznan. Arrested for his faith in September 1939 during the Nazi invasion of Poland.

Imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp, he ministered to other prisoners, said a rosary daily as long as his health lasted, and was used for medical experimentation until the procedures killed him. Martyr.