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In the Maliqi marsh, Pope <\/span>Josif<\/span> Mihali<\/span> (<\/span>Papamihali<\/span>), <\/span>was<\/span> buried<\/span> alive<\/span>; <\/span>Cat<\/span>ho<\/span>l<\/span>ic<\/span> cleric<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Byzantine<\/span> rite, <\/span>martyr<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Church<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in Elbasan, in 1912. He <\/span>completed<\/span> his<\/span> studies<\/span> at the “<\/span><\/span>Benedi<\/span>c<\/span>t<\/span> XI<\/span><\/span>” <\/span>seminary<\/span> in <\/span>Grotaferrata<\/span> (<\/span>Italy<\/span>); he <\/span>studied<\/span> philosophy<\/span> and<\/span> theology<\/span> at the <\/span>Seminary<\/span> of<\/span> St<\/span>. <\/span>Athanasius<\/span> in Rome, <\/span>where<\/span> he <\/span>was<\/span> ordained<\/span> on<\/span> December<\/span> 1, 1935. A <\/span>year<\/span> later<\/span>, he <\/span>returned<\/span> to <\/span>Albania<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> appointed<\/span> parish <\/span>priest<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Church<\/span> of<\/span> St<\/span>. <\/span>Peter<\/span> in Elbasan. He <\/span>was<\/span> arrested<\/span> in 1945, <\/span>and<\/span> sent<\/span> to Korç<\/span>ë<\/span> with<\/span> forced<\/span> labor<\/span>. <\/span>Exhausted<\/span> from<\/span> fatigue<\/span>, <\/span>since<\/span> he <\/span>could<\/span> no<\/span> longer<\/span> work<\/span>, he <\/span>was<\/span> buried<\/span> alive<\/span> in the Maliq marsh. He <\/span>was<\/span> declared<\/span> a <\/span>martyr<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Church<\/span> by Pope <\/span>Francis<\/span> in <\/span>April<\/span> 2016. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/span>p<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span>: Pope <\/span>Josif<\/span> Mihali<\/span>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Encyclopedic<\/span> dictionary<\/span> of<\/span> victims<\/span> of<\/span> communist<\/span> terror – Vol. V <\/span><\/span>, “<\/span>West<\/span> Print<\/span>“, Institute <\/span>for<\/span> the <\/span>Study<\/span> of<\/span> Crimes<\/span> and<\/span> Consequences<\/span> of<\/span> Communism<\/span>, Tirana, 2016, page 343.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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P<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josif_Papamihali<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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