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Ioan Suciu
Romanian Greek-Cathlic bishop and martyr (1907–1953)
BlessedRomania
Feast: 2 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1907
Died
1953
Beatified
2 June 2019
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Canonised
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Who they were
Ioan Suciu (December 4, 1907 – June 27, 1953) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek Catholic Church, born into a clerical family in Blaj.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Thomas Aquinas Saint“Suciu studied in Rome, Italy first at Sant'Atanasio and then at the Pontificium Institutum Internationale Angelicum, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, where after six years of study he received a Doctorate in Sacred Theology on 29 November 1931, and was ordained to the priesthood.” — Wikipedia
- Iuliu Hossu Blessed“Iuliu Hossu is one of seven bishops of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, with Valeriu Traian Frenţiu, Vasile Aftenie, Ioan Suciu, Tit Liviu Chinezu, Ioan Bălan and Alexandru Rusu, who gave their lives to stay beside their people in the darkest years of the dictatorship.” — this site's research
Sources
- Wikidata Q593326 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ioan Suciu (CC BY-SA)
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