Background
He was born in Cieszyn into the noble Grodski family and received his education in the Jesuit college of Vienna.
He was born in Cieszyn into the noble Grodski family and received his education in the Jesuit college of Vienna.
He graduated from philosophy and theology in the Clementinum of Prague and in 1614 was ordained a priest.
Canonized in 1995 he is liturgically commemorated on the 7 September. To be able to teach in high schools, he spent a year in the seminary in České Budějovice. In 1608, he returned to Kłodzko to complete his education in music
From 1616, he was entrusted with the management of a hostel in Prague for poor students.
When the army of the Prince of Transylvania, George Rákóczi took Kassa, Melchior stayed at the castle, together with István Pongrácz and canon Marko Krizin. On 7 September 1619, the Transylvanian army stormed the castle and arrested the priests.
They gave them a death sentence on charges of treason. Accusing them of inviting the Polish army into Kassa.
They were tortured and then beheaded that day.
The bodies of the martyrs were recovered, after negotiations with Gabriel Bethlen, and were buried in the vicinity of Kassa. In 1636, they were moved to Nagyszombat (today: Trnava, Slovakia). The cause of beatification of the Kassa (Košice) martyrs was open in 1628 and they were finally beatified on 15 January 1905 by Pope Pius X. They were canonized on 2 July 1995, in Košice itself by Pope John Paul World War II Their feast day is on 7 September.