The following saints, blessed people and servants of God were born or worked in the Sandomierz area:

1. St. Andrzej Bobola was born in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in 1591. He was martyred in Janów in Polesie in 1657. He was canonized in 1938.
2. The Blessed Bogumił was an archbishop of Gniezno from 1187 to 1198. Before that, he had served as an abbot at the Cistercian monastery in Koprzywnica.
3. The Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek was born in Karwów in the Włostów parish in about 1160. He was a provost at the Sandomierz College from 1186 to 1207. He died in Jędrzejów on 8 March 1223.
4. The Blessed Czesław belonged to the chapter of the Sandomierz College as a custodian before 1223. He died in 1242.
5. The Blessed Sadok was martyred on 2 February 1260 together with companions from the Dominican monastery.
6. The Blessed Salomea was Leszek Biały's daughter. She was born in about 1212. After her husband's death in 1245, she entered the Order of Saint Clare in Zawichost. She died on 17 September in 1268.
7. The Blessed priest prelate Antoni Rewera became a martyr in a concentration camp in 1942. He was born in Samborzec on 6 January 1869. He was a parish priest in the cathedral parish and subsequently at St. Joseph's church in Sandomierz for many years. He also served as a dean of the Cathedral Chapter. He was characterized by a heroic love of truth. He was given the title 'blessed' on 13 June 1999.
8. The Blessed Władysław Miegoń. He was born in Samborzec. He entered the Theological Seminary in Sandomierz and took holy orders from the bishop M. Ryx on 2 February 1915. He was a military chaplain from 1919 to 1939. At the beginning of the Second World War, he was put in a concentration camp: indeed, he was kept prisoner in a few of them. He heroically volunteered to go into captivity together with captured sailors to serve them as a chaplain. These words are on a plaque in Gdynia-Oksywie: "Tobie serca. Marynarze" ("Hearts for You. Sailors"). The act of beatification was performed by John Paul II on 13 June 1999.
9. The Blessed Julia Rodzińska. She was a Dominican who started her monastic life in Wielowieś in 1916. She was arrested during World War II and idealistically ministered mercy to people who were ill with typhus in a concentration camp in Stutthof. She died on 9 May 1941. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 June 1999.
10. The Blessed Stefan Grelewski. He was born in Dwikozy in 1898. He went to school in Sandomierz and Janów Lubelski. He took holy orders in the Sandomierz Cathedral on 12 October 1921. He was a journalist, writer, columnist and translator. He died on 9 May 1941. He was beatified on 13 June 1999.
11. The Blessed Kazimierz Grelewski. He was born in Dwikozy on 20 January 1907. He took holy orders on 4 August 1929. He was known as a charity activist. He died on 9 January 1942. He was beatified on 13 June 1999.
12. The Blessed Kazimierz Sykulski. He was born in Końskie in 1882. He was given holy orders in 1905 by Bishop S. Zwierowicz. He worked in Sandomierz, Słupia Nadbrzeżna and around the Diocese of Radom as a chaplain. He was shot dead in Oświęcim on 11 December 1941. The Holy Father John Paul II beatified him on 13 June 1999.
13. The Blessed Franciszek Rosłaniec. He was born in Wyśmierzyce on 19 December 1889. After graduating from the Seminary in Sandomierz, he was sent to study in Rome. He was a student at the Papal Biblical Institute in Rome. He got a doctorate at Warsaw University and died on 20 November 1942. His beatification took place in Warsaw on 13 June 1999.
14. The Blessed Bolesław Strzelecki. He came from Sudovia and was born on 10 June 1896. He graduated from the Seminary in Sandomierz. He was given holy orders by Bishop P. Kubicki on 21 December 1918. He worked in St. Michael's parish in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. He spent the rest of his working life as a priest in Radom. He was famous for his charitable activity. He died in Oświęcim on 2 May 1941. John Paul II gave him the official title of 'Blessed' on 13 June 1999.
15. The Blessed Tadeusz Dulny. He was born in Kszczonowice, in the parish of Ćmielów, on 8 August 1914. He entered the Theological Seminary in Włocławek in 1935. He was arrested on 7 November 1939. During his incarceration in a concentration camp, he was famous for his compassion towards others. He died on 7 August 1942. He was beatified by the Pope John Paul II on 13 June 1999.
16. The servant of God, Mother Kolumba Białecka. She was born in 1838. She was given a monastic education in France. In 1861, she founded the Congregation of the Nuns of St. Dominic in Wielowieś, which was committed to contemplation and missionary activity among the neediest. She died on 18 March 1887: at the time, she was seen as a saint in the Wielowieś monastery. The process of gathering information on her life and work was completed in 1982: at present, a beatification process is in progress.
17. The circle of the former shepherds of the Diocese of Sandomierz included the servant of God, Piotr Gołębiowski (1902-1980). He was a true worshipper of the Eucharist and The Blessed Virgin Mary. Moreover, he was a defender of the unity of the Church. The process of beatification is being conducted by the Diocese of Radom.
18. The servant of God, Father Wincenty Granat, was born in Ćmielów on 1 April 1900. He studied at the Theological Seminary in Sandomierz and took holy orders on 24 August 1924. His studies in Rome were crowned with a double doctorate in philosophy and theology. After returning to Poland, he worked as a catechist in Radom from 1928 to 1933. For the next 25 years, he lectured on philosophical and theological subjects at the Sandomierz Theological Seminary. The KUL (Catholic University in Lublin) was the last place where he worked. From 1965 to 1970, he was a vice-chancellor of the university. He had considerable academic achievements in the field of theology. He served God and the Church, preaching the truth in love. His canonization process was started in the Diocese of Sandomierz on 12 June 1995.
19. The servant of God, Antoni Tworek, was born in Łoniów near Sandomierz on 5 January 1897. He was the youngest of Jadwiga (from the Hołodych family) and Wojciech Tworek's four children. After graduating from the local comprehensive school and a boys' secondary school in Sandomierz, he entered the Sandomierz Theological Seminary. He was given Presbyter Orders on 30 May 1920 by Bishop Marian Józef Ryx. Until 1922, Father Tworek worked as a vicar in the parish of Ćmielów. He went on to do specialist studies at the Catholic University of Lublin. He graduated in 1926, gaining a doctorate in canonical law. In the same year, he was permitted to do pastoral work in the Polish community in France. In the beginning, he worked in Montceau-les-Mines. In 1928, he started working in the town of Barlin. In 1929, he gave up the post because of health problems. After a short holiday, he started working in Oignies. However, he came back to his home country a year later for health reasons. On 19 December 1930, Father Tworek was nominated as a notary of the Bishop's Court in Sandomierz by the Sandomierz Bishop. In addition to this, he became rector of St. James's Dominican Church in Sandomierz the following year. Over the next few years, he took on successive duties: the seminarists' ordinary confessor (1932); secretary of the Catholic Truth diocesan magazine (1934); patron of the Christian Workers' Association (1934); church assistant in the Catholic Association of Husbands and the Catholic Association of Women (1934-1936); member of the Board of the Christian Merchants Association (1936); vice-chairman of the Christian Mutual Assistance Fund (he was a cofounder in 1937) and guardian of the House of the Retired Priests (1937-1939). On 12 March 1940, he was nominated as a vice-official of the Bishop's Court and he was given the office of honourable canon of the Sandomierz Cathedral Chapter two days later. In May that year, he was nominated as a pro-synod judge. The September defeat in 1939 and the subsequent events were very painful for him to bear and, despite the unfavourable circumstances, he tried to maintain contacts with others, including laypeople. However, he was put on a list of people to be arrested. It happened on 13 March 1942. Wearing everyday clothes (the Gestapo didn't allow him to put on a cassock) and handcuffed, he was led to a prison in Sandomierz Castle. After fifteen days of interrogation and torture, he was deported together with 61 other prisoners (the blessed priest prelate Antoni Rewera was also among them) to the concentration camp in Oświęcim, where he was given the job of building barracks. In June of the same year, he was moved to the concentration camp in Dachau. Being frequently beaten, exhausted by work and suffering from disease, he died of pneumonia on Christmas Eve in 1942. His corpse was cremated in a crematorium four days later. We would be very grateful for any information you may be able to send us about this servant of God. Please send it to the Diocesan Curie at the following address: ul. Mariacka 7, 27-600 Sandomierz, Poland.