Emil Szramek Explained

Honorific Prefix:Blessed
Emil Michael Schramek
Titles:Priest and Martyr
Birth Date:29 September 1887
Birth Place:Tworków, Poland
Death Date:13 January 1942 (aged 54)
Death Place:Dachau Concentration camp, Dachau, Germany
Venerated In:Catholic Church
Beatified Date:13 June 1999
Beatified Place:Warsaw, Poland
Beatified By:Pope John Paul II
Canonized Date:13 December 1999
Canonized Place:Nagoya, Japan
Feast Day:13 January
Attributes:Martyr's palm
Rosary
Patronage:Tworkow, Poland

Emil Szramek (29 September 1887 – 13 January 1942) was a Polish and Roman Catholic priest. He graduated from the University of Wrocław. He died in a Nazi concentration camp at Dachau. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified in 1999 by Pope John Paul II.

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  1. Web site: 1927-12-28 . Monitor Polski Nr. 296 . 2024-04-03 . dziennikustaw.gov.pl.
  2. Web site: Zarządzenie Ministra Wyznań Religijnych i Oświecenia Publicznego z dnia 5 listopada 1935 r. o nadaniu odznaczenia "Wawrzyn Akademicki". . 2024-04-03 . isap.sejm.gov.pl.