Daniel Dajani
Albanian Catholic priest
Feast: 4 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Daniel Dajani was a Jesuit priest in Albania.
He was shot, with his fellow Jesuit Giovanni Fausti, by Albania's atheist regime, which imprisoned, tortured and killed bishops, priests, religious and laypeople who would not abandon Christ and the Church. He is one of the 38 martyrs of Albania.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Jesuit shot by Albania's atheist regime.
The cause
Daniel Dajani has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Jesuits: the cause of Daniel Dajani.
Connected on this site
- Giovanni Fausti Blessed“He was shot, with his fellow Jesuit Giovanni Fausti, by Albania's atheist regime, which imprisoned, tortured and killed bishops, priests, religious and laypeople who would not abandon Christ and the Church.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Daniel Dajani
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 5 November 2016
- Wikidata Q3701585 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.