solitary confinement. Two priests arrested with him were shot. Pope John Paul II named him a cardinal deacon in 1994 for the church Ognissanti in via Appia Nuova. Koliqi lived out his last years with his niece and her family in a small flat near Shkodra cathedral. Always ready to welcome visitors, despite his frailty, he would recount his prison experiences without bitterness. He was ever eager to show the photographs of the consistory, proudly pointing out his nephews and nieces who were present to share what he called the "highlight" of his life. He is buried in Shkodër's cathedral. Albanian cardinals 20th-century Roman Catholic theologians 1900 births 1997 deaths Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II People from Shkodër 20th-century Albanian Roman Catholic priests