Antoni Leszczewicz

Antoni Leszczewicz (Belarusian: Антоній Ляшчэвіч, romanized: Antonij Liaščevič; 30 September 1890 – 18 February 1943) was a Polish-Belarusian Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest. He was a missionary in China for two decades in the interwar period.

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Antoni Leszczewicz

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Born(1890-09-30)30 September 1890
Abramaǔščyna 1, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
Died18 February 1943(1943-02-18) (aged 52)
Rositsa, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified13 June 1999, Warsaw by Pope John Paul II
Feast12 June

He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who was burned alive with a group of parishioners by the Nazis in Belarus in 1943. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in the 1990s. [1]

References
  1. Антоні Ляшчэвіч (Antoni Leszczewicz) (in Belarusian)


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