Koscielec, Poland, 4 March 1884 - Hartheim, Austria, May 18, 1942
The Blessed John Martin Oprzadek, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, was born in Koscielec (Cracow), Poland, March 4, 1884. During the Second World War and I find martyrdom in the gas chambers at the town of Hartheim Linz, Austria, May 18, 1942. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 June 1999.
Roman Martyrology: At Hartheim and near Linz in Austria, Oprządek Blessed Martin, Priest and Martyr of the Order of Friars Minor, 'which, of Polish nationality, the same way at the same time and the preceding reached the heavenly kingdom.
John was born in Oprzadek Koscielec, in the diocese of Cracow, March 4, 1884. He became a Friar Minor in the Province of Santa Maria degli Angeli in 1912. After Mom died of an incurable disease, and brother, loving care given to such HAD, was then immediately called to military service Prestar. Back in the convent at the end of the war, the complete novice in 1921 and the Temporary Occupation EMIS 15 septembre 1921 and THAT solemn October 4, 1924, taking the name of Martin. Usual and was gladly make several offices of the fraternity, more even and more pleasant, always serving the Lord with Joy. He was arrested Aug. 26, 1940 with the other brethren of the Convent of Wloclawek and deported to Sachsenhausen and at first, in December of that year and was interned Hartheim, near Linz, Austria. Here May 18, 1942 was brutally killed in the chamber and gas, remaining faithful until the end of his Christian vocation and Francesca. John Paul II beatified him and Warsaw (Poland) 13 juin 1999 with 107 other Polish martyrs, including your brother the other four figures. In today's date is commemorated by the new Roman Martyrology on the anniversary of his glorious martyrdom.
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