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Daniel Dajani
Albanian Catholic priest
BlessedResearchedAlbaniaSociety of Jesus
Feast: 4 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1906
Died
1946
Beatified
5 November 2016
verified
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Daniel Dajani was a Jesuit priest in Albania.
He was shot, with his fellow Jesuit Giovanni Fausti, by Albania's atheist regime, which imprisoned, tortured and killed bishops, priests, religious and laypeople who would not abandon Christ and the Church. He is one of the 38 martyrs of Albania.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Jesuit shot by Albania's atheist regime.
Connected on this site
- Giovanni Fausti Blessed“He was shot, with his fellow Jesuit Giovanni Fausti, by Albania's atheist regime, which imprisoned, tortured and killed bishops, priests, religious and laypeople who would not abandon Christ and the Church.” — this site's research
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Daniel Dajani
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 5 November 2016
- Wikidata Q3701585 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.