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Cardinal Stepinac
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Monument commemorates the Croatian martyr who was the Archbishop of Zagreb and the Primate of Croatia.
Cardinal Stepinac (8 May 1898 –10 February 1960) was a Croatian Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 to 1960. In 1998 he was declared a martyr and beatified by Pope John Paul II.
Location
| Address: | 69 Hodgkinson Street, Croatian Catholic Centre, Clifton Hill, 3068 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | Foreign |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.790698 Long: 144.989091 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Foreigners |
| Monument Designer: | Ivan Mestrovic |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 4th April, 1965 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAThis monument
was erected by
THE CROATIAN COMMUNITY
OF VICTORIA
in memory of His Eminence
DR. ALOYSIUS CARD. STEPINAC
Archbishop of Zagreb
and Primate of Croatia
on the occasion of the
fifth anniversary of
his martyrs death.
The monument was blessed and unveiled on 4th April 1965 by the Most Rev J D Simonds D D Ph. D Archbishop of Melbourne.
The bust by Ivan Mestrovic Croatian sculptor
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
