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Klymentiy Sheptytsky

Ukrainian Catholic monk and political prisoner

Died when: 81 years 165 days (977 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Klymentiy Sheptytsky

Klymentiy Sheptytsky (Polish: Klemens Szeptycki, Ukrainian: ????????? ??????????; 17 November 1869 – 1 May 1951), was an archimandrite of the Order of Studite monks of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and was a hieromartyr.

Klymentiy has been beatified by the Catholic Church, as well as awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel for saving Jews.

As effective leader of the church, he was arrested and died a prisoner of the Soviet Union.

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