Blessed Metodio Domenico Trcka

Also known as

• Dominik Trcka
• Metod Dominik Trcka
• Metodij Dominik Trcka

Memorial

• 23 March

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Redemptorist priest. Martyr.

Born

• 6 July 1886 at Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Ostravský (modern Czech Republic)

Died

martyred on 23 March 1959 in a Communist concentration camp at Leopoldov, Trnavský kraj, Slovakia

Venerated

• 24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

• 4 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Metodio, contact
     Redemptoristi, Masarykova 35
     071 01 Michalovce, SLOVAKIA

Additional Information

• L’Osservatore Romano [italiano]
• L’Osservatore Romano [slovak]
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Metodio Domenico Trcka”. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 March 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-metodio-domenico-trcka/>