Bronisław Markiewicz was a Polish Catholic priest born in 1842 who dedicated his life to the education of marginalized and orphaned youth. After training with the Salesians of Don Bosco in Turin, he returned to Poland to establish social and educational initiatives for the poor. To better implement his vision, he founded the Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel, an order following Salesian principles. He died in 1912 in Miejsce Piastowe, and he was later beatified by the Catholic Church in 2005.