Branko Dobrosavljević
Saint Branko | |
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| Holy hieromartyr | |
| Born | Branko Dobrosavljević 4 January 1886 Vojnić, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 7 May 1941 (aged 55) Blagaj, Independent State of Croatia |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 7 May (O.S. 24 April)[1] |
Branko Dobrosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Добросављевић; 4 January 1886 — 7 May 1941) was a Serbian Orthodox priest who was killed by the Ustaše[2] during the Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia in World War II.[3]
Biography
Branko Dobrosavljević was born in the village of Skrad, near
Some sources state that Dobrosavljević and the others were first imprisoned in a police station in Veljun and killed the next day in the "Kestenovac" forest, near Blagaj as part of the 500 Serbs who were killed in the Blagaj massacre,[1][4] while others describe him as among the 331 Serbs killed in the village of Otočac.[3][5][6]
The victims were taken to a ditch, forced to dig their own graves and then hacked to death with axes.[5][6] Dobrosavljević and his son were saved until the end. Dobrosavljević was then made to recite prayers as his son was chopped to pieces.[5][6] Dobrosavljević was then tortured; his hair and beard were torn off, ears cut off and his eyes were gouged out before he was skinned alive.[1][6]
In 1946 his remains and those of other killed Serbs were transported to a grave in Veljun.
See also
- List of Serbian saints
Annotations
- ^ This source erroneously lists the year as 1942 since Dobrosavljević was killed on 7 May 1941.
References
- ^ .
- ISBN 978-0-19803-389-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-2-82511-152-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Hieromartyr Branko Dobrosavljevic". spc.rs. Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Church. 7 May 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-57109-147-8.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-14029-627-3.
