Klymentiy Sheptytsky
| The Blessed Hieromartyr Klymentiy Sheptytsky, M.S.U. | |
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| Born | 17 November 1869 Prylbychi, Lviv Oblast, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Austro-Hungary |
| Died | 1 May 1951 (aged 81) Vladimir Central Prison, Vladimir, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Venerated in |
Roman Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Russian Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 27 June 2001, Lviv, Ukraine, by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 1 May |
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.
Sheptytsky was born on 17 November 1869 in the village of Prylbychi, near Lviv in Galicia to an old Polish-Ruthenian noble family. The Szeptycki family lived in the eastern part of Poland, near Zamosc, in Labunie's Palace. At that time, the area was of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was a younger brother of the future Servant of God, Metropolitan Bishop Andrey Sheptytsky, and received his education first at home and starting in 1882 at Krakow. Sheptytsky later also studied in Munich and Paris. In 1892 he became a doctor of law at the Jagiellonian University. After finishing his studies he returned home to manage the family estates and look after his aging parents. In 1900 Casimir Sheptytsky was elected to the Austrian parliament however after its dissolution in 1907 he decided to withdraw from politics.
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