Blessed Leonid Federova

Blessed Leonid Ivanovich Feodorov (4 November 1879–7 March 1935) was Exarch of the Russian Byzantine Catholic Church, in addition to being a survivor of the GULAG. After painstaking investigation, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001.  He had been imprisoned several different times during his life simply for celebrating the sacraments for his faithful flock.  Eventually he was exiled after serving a lengthy sentence simply because he was no longer capable of hard labor.  His feast is celebrated on March 7.