Titus Zeman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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slovak salesian and roman catholic priest
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Place of Birth: Vajnory, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
About Titus Zeman
- Titus Zeman (4 January 1915 – 8 January 1969) was a Slovak Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco.
- Zeman studied in Italian cities prior to his ordination and worked in Slovakia to protect fellow Salesians after the communist regime outlawed religious orders.
- He was arrested after attempting to send Salesians out of the nation and was imprisoned from 1952 until 1964 and died due to poor health sustained from the prison conditions.
- He has been acclaimed as a defender of religious liberties.Zeman was acclaimed a Servant of God in 2010 under Pope Benedict XVI after the canonization process commenced in Bratislava – the cause was taken with ascertaining whether Zeman had died "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith).
- Pope Francis approved his beatification on 27 February 2017; the beatification occurred in Bratislava on 30 September 2017.
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