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Boļeslavs Sloskāns
Catholic bishop (1893-1981)
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Feast: 18 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1893
Died
1981
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Boļeslavs Sloskāns (Belarusian: Баляслаў Слосканс, 1893-1981) was a Latvian Roman Catholic bishop and a survivor and memoirist of the Soviet Gulag.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Santi e Beati — Venerabile Boleslao Sloskans — santiebeati.it: 'Venerabile Boleslao Sloskans, Vescovo, Tultagals, Sterniany, Lettonia, 31 agosto 1893 – Lovanio, Belgio, 18 aprile 1981'. Catholic bishop of Mogilev, declared Venerable.
- Wikidata Q2909331 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Boļeslavs Sloskāns (CC BY-SA)
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