Józef Kowalski (Polish priest and martyr)

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Józef Kowalski was a Polish Salesian priest who was imprisoned and killed in Auschwitz during World War II and is venerated as a Catholic martyr and blessed.

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instanceOf Auschwitz concentration camp victim
Catholic priest
Polish Roman Catholic martyr
Salesian priest
beatified person
human
associatedWith Polish resistance of faith under Nazi occupation
canonizationStatus beatified
causeOfBeatification martyrdom in odium fidei
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship Poland
Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Poles
familyName Kowalski NERFINISHED
givenName Józef NERFINISHED
hasCauseOfDeath execution in concentration camp
hasOccupation Salesian educator
hasRole victim of religious persecution
hasTitle Blessed
martyr
honorificPrefix Blessed
isSubjectOf Catholic martyrology entries
hagiographical writings
languageOfWorkOrName Polish
mannerOfDeath killed in a Nazi concentration camp
martyrdom
memberOf Salesians of Don Bosco NERFINISHED
memorializedIn Catholic liturgical calendar (108 Martyrs of World War II) NERFINISHED
name Józef Kowalski NERFINISHED
notableFor martyrdom at Auschwitz
notableWork witness of faith in Auschwitz
occupation Catholic priest
clergyman
partOf 108 Martyrs of World War II NERFINISHED
persecutedBy Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
placeOfBurial Auschwitz concentration camp (unmarked grave) NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Auschwitz concentration camp NERFINISHED
Oświęcim, Poland NERFINISHED
placeOfDetention Auschwitz concentration camp NERFINISHED
positionHeld Salesian priest
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
religiousOrder Salesians of Don Bosco NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
venerationType martyr

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Kowalski hasNotableBearerExample Józef Kowalski (Polish priest and martyr)