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Josyf Slipyj
Major Archbishop of Lviv
SaintSoviet UnionPost-1588
Born
1892
Died
1984
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Josyf Slipyi (Ukrainian: Йосиф Сліпий, born as Ukrainian: Йосиф Коберницький-Дичковський, romanized: Yosyf Kobernyts'kyy-Dychkovs'kyy; 17 February 1892 – 7 September 1984) was a Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Santi e Beati — Card. Josyf Slipyj, metropolita di Lviv degli Ucraini — Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — a Church in full communion with Rome — and a cardinal; eighteen years in Soviet camps, then Rome, buried in St George's cathedral in Lviv from 1992. His cause for
- Wikidata Q195694 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Josyf Slipyj (CC BY-SA)
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