Pedro Shine Boitel

Pedro Luis Boitel (1931 - 1972) was a cuban poet and martyr of the catholic Foi.

After having supported the come to power of Fidel Castro, as a president of the association of the students in engineering of the University of Havana, Pedro-Shine Boitel passes quickly in the opposition. It is stopped and condemned to ten eight years of prison.

Refusing to disavow its Christian faith, he is tortured by the civils servant of the mode Communiste and dies in his cell the May 24th 1972.

He is regarded a martyr and as the emblem of peaceful resistance to oppression by the opponents with the mode castrist.

Its last days were reported by his/her friend, the poet Armando Valladares.

universal Prière of the Catholic church for third Sunday of May in the Pedro memory Shine Boitel:

" In the night of the 24 to the May 25th, it will be the birthday of died in the jails cuban of the poet and martyr of the Faith Pedro Luis Boitel, imprisoned and tortured because he affirmed its faith as a God and Église.Cette night, in America, of the Christians commemorate this sacrifice by lighting candles with the windows. Here our prayer: So that you deliver the believers of tyranny and grants to us, like with our children, to be as convinced and courageous as this martyr, we request from you, Seigneur."

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