Bernardin Palaj


Bernardin Palaj

Photo of Bernardin Palaj photographed by Kel Marubi
BornZef Palaj
(1894-12-02)2 December 1894
Shkodër, Scutari Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (today Albania)
Died5 March 1945(1945-03-05) (aged 53)
Shkodër, Albania
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified5 November 2016, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Shkodër by Pope Francis
Feast5 March (date of martyrdom)

Bernardin Palaj (20 October 1894 — 8 December 1947) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, folklorist and poet.