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The servant of God Maria Tuci
Father Nikoll,
Mother Dila Fusha
Born in Nderfushaz-Mirdite
on the 12 April 1928
from the diocese of the Abbey
of Orosh a seat which had been unoccupied from the moment of arrest
(year 1946) and of the execution (year 1948) of Bishop Frano Gjini.
Baptised on the
…….confirmed on the ………
From the moment
of arrest (1946) and of the execution (1948) of Mons. Frano Gjini.
Religious
Institution: She was a postulant of the Franciscan Sisters (Stigmatine).
She returned home, because the Communists had closed down their
Institution.
She studied:
With Franciscan Sisters (Stigmatine) in Shkodra.
She was teacher
at Sang in Mirdite in Nderfushaz.
She was
imprisoned and tortured in Shkodra on the 11 August 1949.
While she was
dying she asked to die outside prison. Her request was accepted and they
sent her to a civil hospital where she died 5 or 6 days after she was
transferred from prison on the 24 October 1950.
Other
information: She prayed very much and she was very courageous and a
great fighter. To go to Holy Mass in Geziq she had walk 6-7 kilometres
on foot.
In Song besides
the teaching subjects, she taught Catholic doctrine. She was very
careful to provide for the children all the school equipment; this was
frequently done by paying from her own pocket.
She was
arrested, because she was part of the Gjonmarkaj family, she was accused
of having conspired to kill Bardhok Biba on the (07 August 1949), who
was the Secretary of the Communist party of Mirdite and the
parliamentary deputy.
A fierce
revenge was taken for this killing so that about 300 people arrested
among them was only one woman who was Maria. She was 21 years old.
The rest of the
family: Father, mother and her sister Liza, were deported to Tepelene
(South Albania). We have to remember that in all Albania Mirdita is the
only region whose population is completely Catholic. Because of this the
persecution in Mirdite was very cruel.
Among other
tortures it was said that Maria was put in a sack where they had up a
wild cat and after they had tied the sack, they beat her unmercifully.
Her remains are
in Shkodra in the Stigmatine Sister’s Church.
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