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Dumitru Matei

Romanian priest who died in Jilava prison

Servant of GodFull write-upRomania
Born
18 July 1913
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Died
21 February 1951
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

Priest of the diocese of Iaşi who died in the communist prison at Jilava in 1951.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

The diocesan phase of his cause was opened on 30 January 2022 in the Roman Catholic cathedral of Iaşi, with the bishop presenting the tribunal and the postulator Fr Isidor Iacovici; the inquiry closed on 13 September 2023.

The cause

The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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