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Born December 26, 1839 • Ghent • Belgium
Died November 28, 1886 (aged 46) • Alaska
St. John of Ávila
Spanish religious reformer
Father Damien
St. Damien of Molokai
Belgian priest
Innocent Veniaminov, Saint
Saint Innocent Veniaminov
Russian Orthodox priest
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Gregory the Great
pope
St. Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa
Roman Catholic nun
Pierre-Jean de Smet
Pierre-Jean de Smet
Jesuit missionary
Ramon Llull.
Ramon Llull
Catalan mystic
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Roman Catholic saint
Ebbo of Reims
French archbishop
St. Junípero Serra
St. Junípero Serra
Spanish Franciscan missionary
Saint Fursey
Irish saint
Saint Mellitus of Canterbury
Italian saint
St. Edmund Campion
St. Edmund Campion
English saint
Saint Bruno of Querfurt
Saxon bishop
Saint Chŏng Yak-jong
Korean scholar
St. Lawrence of Canterbury
archbishop of Canterbury
Benedict Joseph Flaget
American bishop
Manuel da Nóbrega
Manuel da Nóbrega
Portuguese priest
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
American missionary

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