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The Blessed Pavel Peter Gojdi, also known as Pavol Gojdi or Peter Gojdi , was a RusynSlovak Basilian monk and the bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Preov. He was martyred by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2001 and recognised as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 2007.

Pavel Gojdic was born on July 17, 1888 at Ruske Peklany near Presov , the third child of the Byzantine Catholic priest Stefan Gojdic his mothers name was Anna Gerberyova. He received the name of Peter in baptism.

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