Blessed Pavel Dzjidzjov
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- Also known as
- Josef Dzjidzjov
- Memorial
- 11 November
- Profile
- Joined the Congregation of the Assumption in 1926.
Studied at Saint Augustine College, Plovdiv from 1931 to 1938.
Studied theology and philsophy Lormoa from 1938 to 1942.
Ordained on 26 January 1945 at Plovdiv.
Arrested at the Assumptionist seminary at Plovdiv on 4 July 1952 by the Communist government for the anti-state crime of being a priest.
Martyred with
Blessed Eugene Bossilkov,
Blessed Kamen Vitchev, and
Blessed Josaphat Chichkov.
- Born
- 19 July 1919 in Plovdiv, diocese of Plovdiv, Bulgaria as Josef Dzjidzjov
- Died
- shot 11.30pm on 11 November 1952 by a Bulgarian Communist firing squad
- Beatified
- 26 May 2002 by Pope John Paul II at Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Canonized
- pending
- Additional Information
-
L'Osservatore Romano
Homily at the beatification of Blessed Pavel
