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'''Edward Detkens''' (1885–1942) was a [[Polish people|Polish]] [[Roman Catholic]] priest.<ref>[https://archive.ph/20120802164020/http://www.ipn.gov.pl/wai/pl/245/4108/Lista_ujawnionych_osob_zamordowanych_w_Hartheim.html#selection-1227.6-1229.26 Web Archive of Institute of National |
'''Edward Detkens''' (1885–1942) was a [[Polish people|Polish]] [[Roman Catholic]] priest.<ref>[https://archive.ph/20120802164020/http://www.ipn.gov.pl/wai/pl/245/4108/Lista_ujawnionych_osob_zamordowanych_w_Hartheim.html#selection-1227.6-1229.26 Web Archive of Institute of National Remembrance website, ''Lista ujawnionych osób zamordowanych w Hartheim'']</ref> He was imprisoned in the Nazi [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp]] and died at [[Dachau]]. He is one of the [[108 Martyrs of World War II]].<ref>[https://ucatholic.com/saints/the-108-martyrs/ U Catholic website, ''108 Polish Martyrs'']</ref> He is buried at [[Powązki Cemetery]]. |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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He was born the son of Jozefa and Aleksandra Detkens.<ref>[https://polona.pl/item-view/5812b98c-809c-4a07-8b97-fec7bf848226?page=66 Polona website, article dated 1937]</ref> He became a pharmacist apprentice before joining the Major Metropolitan Theology Seminary of St John the Baptist in Warsaw; he was ordained as a priest in November 1908.<ref name=B>[https://brewiarz.pl/czytelnia/swieci/08-10d.php3 Polish |
He was born the son of Jozefa and Aleksandra Detkens.<ref>[https://polona.pl/item-view/5812b98c-809c-4a07-8b97-fec7bf848226?page=66 Polona website, article dated 1937]</ref> He became a pharmacist apprentice before joining the Major Metropolitan Theology Seminary of St John the Baptist in Warsaw; he was ordained as a priest in November 1908.<ref name=B>[https://brewiarz.pl/czytelnia/swieci/08-10d.php3 Polish Breviary website, ''Blessed Edvard Detkens'', article dated July 31, 2014]</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Edward Detkens (1885–1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest.[1] He was imprisoned in the Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp and died at Dachau. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.[2] He is buried at Powązki Cemetery.
Biography
He was born the son of Jozefa and Aleksandra Detkens.[3] He became a pharmacist apprentice before joining the Major Metropolitan Theology Seminary of St John the Baptist in Warsaw; he was ordained as a priest in November 1908.[4]
Career
After his work at the College of Vicars, he became vicar of Warsaw Cathedral; as well as his duties as a priest, he became prefect of several schools in Warsaw and worked with the Academy of Fine Arts, organising the annual oath-taking ceremony for young people.[4]
He was also rector of St Anna’s Church in Warsaw.[5]
World War II
He was arrested on October 4, 1939 and taken to Pawiak, where he worked in the prison hospital; he was released after 4 months, but was re-arrested a month later and taken to Sachsenhausen.[4]
He died in Dachau on October 10, 1942.[6]
Legacy
He was beatified on June 13, 1999 by Pope John Paul II.[4][7]
See also
References
- ^ Web Archive of Institute of National Remembrance website, Lista ujawnionych osób zamordowanych w Hartheim
- ^ U Catholic website, 108 Polish Martyrs
- ^ Polona website, article dated 1937
- ^ a b c d Polish Breviary website, Blessed Edvard Detkens, article dated July 31, 2014
- ^ Web Archive of Sanctus website, 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II
- ^ Nitecki Wietrzykowski website, Martyrs for the Faith during World War II
- ^ Catholic Norway website, Blessed Edvard Detkens (1885-1942)