Emil Szramek

{{Short description|Polish Roman Catholic priest and martyr}}

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| titles = Priest and Martyr

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| birth_date = 29 September 1887

| birth_place = Tworków, Poland

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| 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

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| feast_day = 13 January

| attributes = Martyr's palm
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| patronage = Tworkow, Poland

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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.

Orders and decorations

  • Golden Cross of Merit (20 December 1927){{Cite web |date=1927-12-28 |title=Monitor Polski Nr. 296 |url=https://dziennikustaw.gov.pl/M1927296081801.pdf |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=dziennikustaw.gov.pl}}
  • Silver Academic Laurel (5 November 1935){{Cite web |title=Zarządzenie Ministra Wyznań Religijnych i Oświecenia Publicznego z dnia 5 listopada 1935 r. o nadaniu odznaczenia "Wawrzyn Akademicki". |url=https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WMP19352570306 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=isap.sejm.gov.pl}}

See also

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