Klymentiy Sheptytsky Saint

The Blessed Hieromartyr Clement 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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Birth date	November 17, 1869
Birth place	Austria-Hungary , Galicia (Eastern Europe) , Lviv Oblast , Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , Prylbychi
Date of death	May 01, 1951
Place of death	Soviet Union , Vladimir , Vladimir Central Prison , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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beatified by	Pope John Paul II
beatified date	June 27, 2001
beatified place	Lviv
venerated in	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Russian Greek Catholic Church Catholic Church