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Also known as

• Stephen Sándor

Memorial

• 8 June

Profile

Printer. Salesian lay brother in 1940. Led a group of young Catholic workers. Arrested in 1952 by the Hungarian Communist authorities in a crackdown during which all religous groups were outlawed; he received a show trial in October and was sentenced to death for bring actively Christian. Martyr.

Born

• 26 October 1914 in Szolnok, Hungary

Died

• hanged on 8 June 1953 at Budapest, Hungary

Venerated

• 27 March 2013 by Pope Francis

Beatified

• 19 October 2013 by Pope Francis

MLA Citation

• “Blessed István Sándor“. CatholicSaints.Info. 24 June 2016. Web. 1 April 2020. <>