What is Lojze Grozde?
{{Infobox saint |name= [[Beatification|Blessed]]<br>Lojze Grozde |birth_date=27 May 1923 |death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1943|1|1|1923|5|27}} |feast_day= 27 May |venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church |image=File:Lojze-Grozde MK.jpg |imagesize=220px |caption=Lojze Grozde as pupil |birth_place=[[Zgornje Vodale]], [[Slovenia]] |death_place=[[Mirna (settlement)|Mirna]], Slovenia |titles=Martyr |beatified_date=13 June 2010 |beatified_place=[[Celje]] [[Slovenia]] |beatified_by=[[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Tarcisio Bertone]] |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes=book, [[Palm (plant)|palm]], [[snowdrop]] |patronage=pupils, [[Catholic Action]], poets, students, Slovenia |major_shrine=Sanctuary of [[Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic)|Our Lady]] at [[Zaplaz]] in Slovenia }} '''Lojze Grozde''' was a [[Slovenia]]n [[student]] who was killed by partisans during [[World War II]]. His death is recognised as [[martyrdom]] by the [[Catholic Church]]. He was [[beatified]] on June 13, 2010. ==Early life== Grozde was born on May 27, 1923 in the village of Gorenje Vodale, Tržišče near [[Mokronog]] in [[Lower Carniola]], [[Slovenia]]. He was an illegitimate child. When he was four years old, his mother married. His stepfather chased him away each time he wanted to see his mother. Later, because Lojze was a good pupil, the stepfather became friendlier towards him, and so he remained at the house and his aunt took care of him. She saw to his schooling and sent him to a school in Ljubljana, where she was working as a servant. Some benefactors helped her support her nephew. He stayed at the [[Marijanišče]] [[boarding school]] and attended ''Classical Secondary School'' (''Klasična gimnazija'') in [[Ljubljana]]. There he was an outstanding student; but found time for literary creativity too and so became poet and writer. He was a member of [[Catholic Action]] <ref>Catholic Action (Slovenian: katoliška akcija) religious movement, which was founded by [[Pope Pius XI]] for Christian apostolic work i