Blessed Qerim Sadiku

Beato Qerim Sadiku

Beato

Post-Congregation

Día de Fiesta

4-Mar

Nacimiento

18 February 1919 in Vudanje, Yugoslavia (modern Vuthaj, Shkodrë, 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 Qerim Sadiku, también conocido como Qerim Sadiku, nació el 18 de febrero de 1919 en Vudanje, Yugoslavia (actual Vuthaj, Shkodër, Albania). Creció en una familia católica devota que le inculcó una profunda fe y amor por su identidad albanesa.

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