The Blessed Hieromartyr Klymentiy Sheptytsky, M.S.U. (Ukrainian: Климентій Шептицький; 17 November, 1869 – 1 May, 1951), was an archimandrite of the Order of Studite monks of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Klymentiy has been beatified by the Catholic Church, as well as awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel for saving Jews. As effective leader of the Church, he was arrested and died a prisoner of the Soviet Union.
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17 November 1869 Prylbychi, Galicia, Austrian-Hungarian Empire
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1 May 1951 (aged 81) Vladimir, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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