Damien, Father Joseph

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Father Joseph Damien
Name
Damien, Father Joseph Gender: M
Veuster, Jozef Damien de
born on 3 January 1840 at 12:30 (= 12:30 PM )
Place Tremelo, Belgium, 50n59, 4e42
Timezone LMT m4e42 (is local mean time)
Data source
Accuracy in question Rodden Rating C
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_capcol.18.gif 12°16' s_mo.18.gif s_sagcol.18.gif 26°41 Asc.s_taucol.18.gif 12°09'



Biography

Belgian Roman Catholic priest who gave his life to the care of lepers in a colony at Molokai, HI. He first moved to Hawaii as a residential priest but because of the difficulty in getting doctors, began to help. Stricken with leprosy in 1885, he died three years later, 4/15/1888. He was beatified summer of 1995 by Pope John Paul II, a preliminary step toward sainthood as declared by the Church.

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Events

  • Death by Disease 15 April 1888 (Leprosy)

Source Notes

Luc de Marre quotes date and place from B.R. with no time. the time from "Le Verseau" 4/45, OSNK

Categories

  • Vocation : Religion : Ecclesiastics/ western (R.C. priest)
  • Notable : Book Collection : American Book
  • Vocation : Religion : Saint/ Stigmatist (Beatified, a step toward sainthood)
  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Other Major diseases (Leprosy, terminal)

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