Photograph Of Blessed Teofilius Matulionis 20 October 1933 Photographer Unknown

Beato Teófilo Matulionis

Beato

Post-Congregation

Día de Fiesta

20-Aug

Nacimiento

22 June 1873 in Alantos, Moletai, Russian Empire (in modern Lithuania)

Fallecimiento

During a routine search of his apartment by Soviet authorities, he was given an injection by a KGB nurse and dropped dead on 20 August 1962 in Seduva, Radviliškis, Lithuania; his body was exhumed and autopsied in 1999; tests indicated that he had been poisoned; interred in the crypt of the Transfiguration Cathedral of Kaišiadorys, Kaisiadorys, Kaišiadorys District Municipality, Kaunas, Lithuania

Beatificado

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

Venerado

1 December 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Biografía

Beato Teofilius Matulionis, nacido el 22 de junio de 1873 en Alantos, Moletai, Imperio Ruso (en la actual Lituania), fue el segundo de tres hermanos nacidos en una familia campesina de Jurgis Matulionis y Ona Juocepyte. Desafortunadamente, su madre falleció, y su padre se volvió a casar, teniendo siete hijos más.

Causa de Canonización

Beatified

Beatificado2017-06-25 por 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