Edmund Wojtyła

Edmund Antoni Wojtyła (27 August 1906 – 4 December 1932) was a Polish doctor who died of scarlet fever a few years after graduating. He was the elder brother of Karol Wojtyła, the future Pope John Paul II.

Biography

Early life and education Wojtyła was born on 27 August 1906 in Kraków, Austria-Hungary, as the first child of Karol Wojtyła, then a military officer for the Austro-Hungarian Army, and . During his early life he moved often due to his father's work. He graduated from high school in Wadowice in 1924 and moved to Kraków.

Medical career and death After graduating, Wojtyła started a internship as a doctor at a Children's Hospital in Kraków. In 1932, he became the second in command of the Bielsko-Biała city hospital. Later that year, he contracted scarlet fever from a young patient in the hospital. He was buried at a Catholic cemetery in Bielsko-Biała two days after his death, and was later moved to the Rakowicki cemetery in Kraków.

Legacy In 2003, the Bielsko-Biała general hospital was named after Wojtyła. That same year, a street in Wadowice was renamed from "Wesoła" Street to "Dr. Edmund Wojtyła" street.