Blessed Dedë Malaj
1920–1959 · Contemporary
Biography
Dedë Malaj (born November 16, 1920, or according to other sources November 16, 1917, in Northern Albania; died May 11 or 12, 1959, on the shores of Lake Shkodra) was a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested, tortured, and shot for his faith in atheist Albania under the Enver Hoxha regime. He is one of the Thirty-eight Martyrs of Albania.
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