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Pater Damiaan (Leuven)
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Pater Damiaan (Leuven)
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24 x 7 x 5,5 cm
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Father Damiaan De Veuster ss.cc. was beatified in 1995 and canonized in 2008. He was born in Tremelo in 1840 and died in 1889 on the leper island of Molokaï. His remains were interred in 1936 in the church of fathers pictussen in Leuven. In 2005 he was named "The Greatest Belgian of all time".
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Pater Damiaan De Veuster ss.cc. werd in 1995 zalig, en in 2008 heilig verklaard.
Hij werd in 1840 in Tremelo geboren en stierf in 1889 op het melaatsen-eiland Molokaï.
Zijn stoffelijk overschot werd in 1936 bijgezet in de kerk van paters pictussen in Leuven.
In 2005 werd hij uitgeroepen tot "De Grootste Belg aller tijden".