Pavel Peter Gojdič
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Pavel Peter Gojdič, was a Rusyn Basilian monk and the eparch of the Slovak Greek Catholic Eparchy of Prešov. He died while imprisoned by the StB, the secret police of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Wikipedia
Born: July 17, 1888, Ľubovec, Slovakia
Died: July 17, 1960 (age 72 years), Leopoldov, Slovakia
Parents: Anna Gerberyova and Stefan Gojdic
Feast: 17 July
Major shrine: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Prešov, Slovakia