Bl. Roman Lysko

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Born: 14 August 1914 at Horodok, Lviv District, Ukraine 

Died: tortured and starved to death on 14 October 1949 in prison at Lviv, Ukraine 

Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine 

Feast day: October 14

Greek Catholic. Graduated from the Lviv Theological Academy. Married. Ordained on 28 August 1941. Pastor of the Archeparchy of Lviv for the Ukrainians. Arrested for his faith on 9 September 1949 by the NKVD; imprisoned on Lontskoho Street, Lviv. Noted for loudly singing Psalms while in prison; his keepers thought he’d lost his mind. Died in prison; martyr.