Lojze Grozde
Slovenian writer, poet and blessed (1923-1943)
Feast: 27 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Lojze Grozde was born on 27 May 1923 at Gorenje Vodale near Ljubljana among poor Slovene farmers, and was raised by his grandparents in deep faith. At twelve he attended the Eucharistic Congress in Ljubljana and from then on had a boundless love for the Eucharist.
A student and member of Catholic Action, his work was always accompanied by prayer. During the Second World War, after long torture, he was killed because of his faith at only twenty.
The miracles
As a martyr, beatified without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A young student who loved the Eucharist and was killed for his faith at twenty.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Lojze Grozde
- Wikidata Q965515 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lojze Grozde (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.