Blessed Mark Çuni

Beato Marcos Çuni

Beato

Post-Congregation

Día de Fiesta

4-Mar

Nacimiento

30 September 1919 in Ranza Bushat, Shkodër, Albania

Fallecimiento

Shot by a machine-gun squad at 6am on 4 March 1946 at the Varrezat e Rrmajit cemetery on the Rruga Hile Mosi in Shkodrë, Albania; the body was left laying outside for a day to show the locals what would happen to those who opposed the Communists; buried with other martyrs in a mass grave near the nearby river bed on the night of 5 March; rubbish bins were stacked on the grave to conceal it

Beatificado

5 November 2016 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Venerado

26 April 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Biografía

Beato Marcos Çuni nació el 30 de septiembre de 1919 en Ranza Bushat, Shkodër, Albania. Como joven, mostró una fuerte devoción a su fe y sintió una llamada para servir en la Iglesia Católica. La profunda convicción religiosa de Marcos lo llevó a inscribirse en la Seminaría Pontificia Albanesa de la Arquidiócesis de Shkodër-Pult, donde cursó sus estudios para convertirse en sacerdote.

Causa de Canonización

Beatified

Beatificado2016-11-05 por 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato