August Czartoryski
August Franciszek Maria Anna Józef Kajetan Czartoryski, SDB, (2 August 1858 – 8 April 1893) was a Polish prince who was born in Paris during his family's exile, his constant frail health saw much of his childhood being shuttled to various health spas. Raphael Kalinowski tutored him; the prince turned to the priesthood instead of pursuing the aristocratic life.
However, his path into the Salesians was not set in stone, because Don Bosco believed his frail health would become an impediment to his ecclesial studies. Nevertheless, Bosco allowed him to undergo the novitiate after Pope Leo XIII intervened. Czartoryski was ordained a priest in 1892 and settled as a pastor in Savona where he died from tuberculosis. He was beatified on 25 April 2004.
In the Martyrology
- April 8 Blessed August Franciszek Czartoryski, Salesian priest