Marko Krizin, Croatian priest, missionary, and saint (b. 1589)
Marko Stjepan Krizin (c. 1589 – 7 September 1619), or Marko Križevčanin (Hungarian: Kőrösi Márk, English: Mark of Križevci) was a Croatian Roman Catholic priest, professor of theology and missionary, who was active in the 17th century. In the course of the struggle between Catholicism and Calvinism in the region then, he was executed for his faith. He has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, the third Croat to be so honored.
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