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Blessed Basil Hopko
Hrabské, Prešovský kraj, eastern Slovakia
Blessed Basil Hopko was born on 21 April 1904 in Hrabské, Prešovský kraj, eastern Slovakia. He belonged to a humble family of poor and landless peasants.
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