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Also known as

• Karl

Memorial

• 4 April

Profile

Educated by Franciscan friars, he joined the Order as a young man. Seminarian in Brescia, Italy, he was ordained a priest in June 1936, taking the name Father Karl, and serving parishes in the mountain villages of Albania. He was arrested on 9 October 1946 by Communist authorities who wanted him to tell them details of the confessions of some of the anti–Communist rebels; he was imprisoned and tortured, but refused to break the seal of the Confessional and on 18 January 1947 he was sentenced to death. This was later changed to life imprisonment and he spent the next seven years being abused and neglected to death. Martyr.

Born

• 26 February 1911 in Shkodrë, Albania

Died

• 4 April 1954 in Burrel, Shkodrë, Albania from abuse in prison

Venerated

• 26 April 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Ndue Serreqi“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 December 2019. Web. 17 January 2021. <>