Damien, Father Joseph

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Father Joseph Damien
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Father Joseph Damien

Name	Damien, Father Joseph Gender: M
Birthname	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	12°16' 26°41 Asc. 12°09'

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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)