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| Blessed Mieczyslaw Bohatkiewicz, Pray for us ! |
⛪ Other Names :
• Miecislao Bohatkiewicz
⛪ Born :
• 1 January 1904 in Kriukai (a.k.a. Krykaly), Marijampole rajonas, Lithuania
⛪ Died :
• 4 March 1942 in Berezovichi (a.k.a. Berezwecz), Hrodzyenskaya voblasts', Belaru
Three diocesan priests, who in times of war, for their faith in Christ were thrown into prison and shot by the Nazis, in the town of Berezwecz near the city of GΕΔbokie in Poland.
Mieczyslaw Bohatkewicz, born in Kriukai in Lithuania on January 1, 1904, Wladyslaw Mackowiak, born in Sytki in Poland on November 14, 1910, and Stanislaw Pyrtek, born in Bystra PodhalaΕska in Poland on March 21, 1913. Pope John Paul II beatified them in Warsaw (Poland) on June 13, 1999 with 105 other Polish martyrs.
