Jan Franciszek Czartoryski

Jan Franciszek Czartoryski
Prince
Coat of arms Czartoryski
Family Czartoryski
Father Witold Leon Czartoryski
Mother Jadwiga Dzieduszycka
Born (1897-02-19)February 19, 1897
Pełkinie, Austria-Hungary
Died September 6, 1944(1944-09-06) (aged 47)
Warsaw, Poland

Prince Jan Franciszek Czartoryski or Blessed Michał (18971944) was a Polish noble, Dominican.

Jan was activist of the young organisation "Odrodzenie" ("Rebirth") in Lwów. During the Warsaw Uprising he was the chaplain of the Armia Krajowa Group "Konrad", and was killed by German troops.

He was beatified on June 13, 1998 among the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II.


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