Bernardin Palaj | |
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![]() Photo of Bernardin Palaj photographed by Kel Marubi | |
Born | Zef Palaj 2 December 1894 Shkodër, Scutari Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (today Albania) |
Died | 5 March 1945 Shkodër, Albania | (aged 53)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 5 November 2016, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Shkodër by Pope Francis |
Feast | 5 March (date of martyrdom) |
Bernardin Palaj (20 October 1894 — 8 December 1947) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, folklorist and poet.[1]