Blessed Teofilius Matulionis
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
August 20
Born
June 22, 1873
Died
August 1, 20
Beatified
25 June 2017 by Pope Francis
Venerated
1 December 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Teofilius Matulionis, also known as Blessed Teofilius Matulionis, was born on 22 June 1873 in Alantos, Moletai, Russian Empire (in modern Lithuania). He was the middle of three brothers born to the peasant family of Jurgis Matulionis and Ona Juocepyte. Unfortunately, his mother passed away, and his father eventually remarried, having seven more children.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2017-06-25 by 25 June 2017 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the square of the Cathedral Basilica of Šventasis Stanislovas ir Šventasis Vladislovas, Vilnius, Lithuania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato; it was the first beatification celebrated in Lithuania; it was the first beatification of a Lithuanian martyred by Communists
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