Modern martyr · August 14
St. Maximilian Kolbe
A Franciscan priest who offered his life for another prisoner at Auschwitz.
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Saints from Poland
Read the full stories of 18 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day Poland.
Showing 13–18 of 18. Read each story’s origin note for traditional or disputed accounts.
Martyr · 19 January
St. Melchior Grodziecki
Melchior Grodziecki was a Silesian Jesuit priest.
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Religious · 13 November
St. Stanislaus Kostka
Stanisław Kostka, SJ was a Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. He was born at Rostkowo, Przasnysz County, Poland, on 28 October 1550, and died in Rome during the night of 14–15 August 1568.
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Martyr
St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów
Stanislaus of Szczepanów was a Polish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kraków and was martyred by the Polish King Bolesław II the Bold.
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Religious · 17 September
St. Stanislaus Papczyński
Stanislaus Papczyński, MIC, born Jan Papczyński and in religion Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, was a Polish Catholic priest who founded the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, the first Polish religious order for men.
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Religious · 1 January
St. Zygmunt Gorazdowski
Zygmunt Gorazdowski was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Gorazdowski suffered from tuberculosis during his childhood which impeded his studies for the priesthood and which required him to take time off in order to recover before he could be ordained.
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