Blessed Roman Lysko
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- Memorial
- 2 April
- Profile
- Greek Catholic.
Graduated from the Lviv Theological Academy.
Married.
Ordained on 28 August 1941.
Pastor of the Archeparchy of Lviv for the Ukrainians.
Arrested for his faith on 9 September 1949 by the NKVD; imprisoned on Lontskoho Street, Lviv.
Noted for loudly singing Psalms while in prison; his keepers thought he'd lost his mind.
Died in prison; martyr.
- Born
- 14 August 1914 at Horodok, Lviv District, Ukraine
- Died
- tortured and starved to death on 14 October 1949 in prison at Lviv, Ukraine
- Beatified
- 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine
- Canonized
- pending
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