March 19: Blessed Narcyz Turchan, Polish New Martyr

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Blessed Narcyz Turchan, friar, priest (1879-1942 KL Dachau)

I can find no English language information on this priest. Anyone with links to more info, please share.

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7 Responses to “March 19: Blessed Narcyz Turchan, Polish New Martyr”

  1. Nan Says:
    March 20, 2008 at 3:28 am

    Simple, I’m surprised you couldn’t come up with this: automatic translation from Italian google.

    March 19
    Jan Turchan was born in Biskupice, the diocese of Krakow, 19 September 1879. He was accepted in 1899 by the Friars Minor in the Province of Santa Maria degli Angeli, issued the Temporary Occupation September 13, 1900 and solemn December 24 1903, taking the name of Narcyz.
    Ordained a priest in Lviv on 1 June 1906, was guardian in various fraternity. Arrested twice and released for lack of evidence against him, was finally arrested on October 6, 1941.
    Interned without trial in the concentration camp at Dachau, near Munich, despite his precarious state of health did not cease to take care of his fellow prison. He died as a result of hardships suffered in prison on 19 March 1942.
    The new Martyrologium Romanum commemorates the March 19 on the anniversary of his glorious martyrdom.

  2. Nan Says:
    March 20, 2008 at 4:37 am

    Forgot link. It was from here:
    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.cartantica.it/pages/collaborazionimartirisecolo.asp&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DNarcyz%2BTurchan%26start%3D30%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DnXC%26sa%3DN

  3. asimplesinner Says:
    March 20, 2008 at 7:03 am

    Nan how much did you clean that up? When I translated from santaebiati, it came out so crudely and odd I didn’t feel like going through and editing it. Shame on me, eh?

  4. Nan Says:
    March 20, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Two words. Really.

  5. Fr. J. Says:
    March 20, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    Nan is a Gawd.

  6. Nan Says:
    March 20, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    Nah. Just too tired for my natural instincts to kick in.

  7. SJ44 Says:
    March 26, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    “Priestblock 25487″ is a recent, excellent book that discusses the priests incarcerated in Dachau. Highly recommended.

    Amazon link: http://tinyurl.com/2zrsb9

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