{"id":6572,"date":"2026-03-05T00:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/2023\/10\/11\/dom-lazer-shantoja\/---44d58334-f006-4144-9391-42b76aa15fd2"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:46:11","slug":"dom-lazer-shantoja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/2023\/10\/11\/dom-lazer-shantoja\/","title":{"rendered":"Dom Laz\u00ebr Shantoja"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW153511028 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW153511028 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Dom <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Laz&euml;r<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Sh<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">ant<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">oja<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">, martyr of the Catholic Church, was shot in Tirana. He was born in Shkod&euml;r, in 1892. He was ordained a priest in Shkod&euml;r, on May 29, 1915. Deputy parish priest in Shkod&euml;r, parish priest in Pulaj (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Velipoja<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">) and then in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Sheldi<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"> (Shkod&euml;r). Secretary of the Archdiocese of Shkodra. As a fugitive, under Ahmet Zogu&#8217;s regime, he was in Belgrade and then in Switzerland as deputy parish priest in Biel and parish priest in La Motte (France). When he returned to Albania, in October 1939, he developed his activity, living <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">mainly in<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"> Tirana. He was arrested in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Sheldi<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"> at the end of December 1944 and imprisoned in Shkod&euml;r. He was sentenced to death in Shkod&euml;r, on January 30, 1945. The Supreme Court of Tirana confirmed his death sentence on February 2, 1945. <\/span><\/span><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">(In the photo: Dom <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Laz&euml;r<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">Sh<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">ant<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">oja<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW153511028 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW153511028 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"><strong>Text<\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"> https:\/\/kishakatolikeshkoder.com\/dom-lazer-sh<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">ant<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">oja\/<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW153511028 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW153511028 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"><strong>Photo<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">&copy; https:\/\/sq.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laz%C3%ABr_Sh<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">ant<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">oja<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW153511028 BCX8\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW153511028 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"><strong>Graphic processing<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">AHCF<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW153511028 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dom Laz\u00ebr Shantoja, martyr of the Catholic Church, was shot in Tirana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8931,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572\/revisions\/8931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}