Miroslav Bulešić

Blessed Miroslav Bulešić
Priest and Martyr
Born 13 May 1920
Čabrunići, Svetvinčenat (Istra, Italy; now Croatia)
Died 24 August 1947(1947-08-24) (aged 27)
Lanišće (Istra, Yugoslavia; now: Croatia)
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified 28 September 2013, Arena in Pula (Istra Croatia) by Cardinal Angelo Amato SDB
Major shrine Church in Svetvinčenat (Istra, Croatia)
Feast 24 August
Attributes book, palm, clothes of priest
Patronage pupils, priests, poets, Croatia, Istra

Blessed[Note 1] Miroslav Bulešić (13 May 1920 – 24 August 1947) was a Catholic Croatian priest, martyr and blessed.

Life

Miroslav Bulešić was born in Čabrunići, a village in Istria (at the time in Italy). He studied in Rome at the Gregoriana. He died in Lanišće (at the time in Yugoslavia).

He was declared beatified on 28 September 2013 in Istra, Croatia, by Cardinal Angelo Amato SDB, prefect of Congregation for the causes of the Saints.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Blessed means here beatified, a title assigned by the Roman Catholic Church

References

  1. ↑ "ROME REPORTS TV News Agency". Retrieved 22 November 2014.

See also

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