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<div class="col-article__title"> <h1 > <div class="rich-text "> Blessed Qerim Sadiku (1919-1946) </div> </h1> </div> <div class="col-article__date"> <time>March 1, 2026</time> </div> <div class="col-article__byline"> <span>By Columbia staff</span> </div> <div class="col-article__date-mobile"> <time>March 1, 2026</time> </div> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="score-rich-text-block default default"> <div class="content-area "> <div class="rich-text "> <figure class="image right headshot"><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Qerim+Sadiku.jpg/67774ef013f911f18294961d678ba928" alt="Qerim Sadiku.jpg" width="500" height="750"> <figcaption>Blessed Qerim Sadiku. (Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult, Albania)</figcaption> </figure> <p>As he awaited trial in a communist prison, Qerim Sadiku told his captors, “I am Albanian and Catholic — and I do not deny that fact.” The 27-year-old husband and father-to-be had been arrested for refusing to vote in a rigged election.</p> <p>Born to devout Catholic parents in the ethnically Albanian village of Vuthaj, in Montenegro, Sadiku served as a gendarmerie lieutenant before opening a shop in Shkodër, Albania.</p> <p>He married Marije Vatë in September 1944, and the couple was known for their deep faith. Sadiku attended Mass daily, and he and Marije made a traditional pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Anthony of Padua in Laç on 13 consecutive Tuesdays — even after communist partisans began persecuting Catholics in November of that year.</p> <p>Following the execution of two priests in 1945, Sadiku joined the Albanian Union, an anti-communist group led by seminarian Blessed Mark Çuni.</p> <p>The Dec. 2 election offered only communist candidates, and voting was enforced with threats. Sadiku was arrested the next day for refusing to vote and for ties to the Albanian Union.</p> <p>Marije, who was pregnant, visited him in prison. Despite signs of torture, he told her, “I am strong.”</p> <p>At trial, Sadiku admitted refusing to vote but denied false charges of violence. He was sentenced to death by firing squad. On March 4, 1946, Sadiku was executed alongside a fellow layman, a seminarian and three priests.</p> <p>His last words were: “I forgive all those who have done me wrong … even those who will execute me. Long live Christ the King! Long live Albania!”</p> <p>Two months later, Marije gave birth to their son, Gaspër.</p> <p>Sadiku was among 38 Albanian martyrs beatified in 2016.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </section> <section class="col-article__related-articles bg-colorExtraLightGrey"> <section class="article-card-block container"> <section class="article-card-block__title content-grid"> <h1 class="article-card-block__title__text grid-col-full text-left">Related Articles</h1> </section> <section class="article-card-block__cards content-grid"> <div class="article-card"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/faith/catholic-man-of-the-month/2026/01/blessed-micha-sopoko/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Blessed+Micha%C5%82+Sopoc%CC%81ko+copy.jpg/Zz0wZTUwMzU1NGVjMTYxMWYwYjliYTBlMGMyY2NiMzI0YQ==?width=318&height=212" /><img 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