Blessed Ejëll Deda was a priest born on February 22 1917 in Shkodrë, Albania and died as a martyr on May 12 1948 AD in prison in Shkodrë, Albania. We celebrate his feast day on May 12 every year in the Catholic Church.
Blessed Ejëll Deda Biography |
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| Date of Birth | February 22 1917 |
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| Country of Birth | Shkodrë, Albania |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Priests |
| Profession | Priest |
| Place of Work | Albania |
| Date of Death | May 12 1948 |
| Place of Death | Albania |
| Feast Day | May 12 |
| Beatification | Beatified by Pope Francis on November 5 2016 |
Blessed’s Biography
Blessed Ejëll Deda was born on February 22, 1917, in Shkodrë in Albania. He studied his elementary school in Ballabane neighborhood of Shkodra.
Then he continued into the friars, and then to the Albanian Pontifical Seminary in Shkodra and, finally, to Propaganda Fide in Rome. Ejëll was ordained a priest in Shkodra on February 24, 1943, in the Archdiocese of Shkodrë Pult in Albania.
Ejëll was arrested in Rranxa of Bushat on November 12, 1947, and was imprisoned in Shkodra. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison during the anti-Christian persecution by the Communist government. He died on May 12, 1948, in prison in Shkodrë, Albania.
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