CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Blessed Josaphat Chichkov

Blessed Josaphat Chichkov

detail from an icon of Blessed Kamen Vitchev, Blessed Pavel Djidjov, and Blessed Josaphat Chichkov; swiped from the Vatican web site Also known as

Josaphat Siskov
Rober Matej Siskov

13 November

Profile

Joined the Congregation of the Assumption at age 16 on 29 April 1900. Priest. Arrested by the Communist government in December 1951 for the anti-state offense of being a priest. Martyr.

Born

9 February 1884 at Plovdiv, Bulgaria

shot 11.30pm on 11 November 1952 by a Bulgarian Communist firing squad

23 April 2002 by Pope John Paul II

26 May 2002 by Pope John Paul II at Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Additional Information

Homily at the beatification of Blessed Pavel

other sites in english
- L’Osservatore Romano
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Dicastero delle Cause dei Santi
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Josaphat Chichkov“. CatholicSaints.Info. 7 July 2023. Web. 19 April 2024. <>