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Name: Damien, Father
Birth Date: January 3, 1840
Death Date: April 15, 1889
Place of Birth: Tremeloo, Belgium
Place of Death: Molokai, Hawaii, United States
Nationality: Belgian
Gender: Male
Occupations: missionary, priest

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Biography of Damien, Father
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The Belgian missionary Father Damien (1840-1889) is known for his work among the lepers on Molokai in the Hawaiian Islands. Father Damien was born Joseph de Veuster in Tremeloo, Belgium, on Jan. 3, 1840, of pious and sturdy Flemish peasant stock. In...


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Father Damien Information
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Father Damien, also Blessed Damien of Molokai and born Joseph de Veuster (January 3, 1840 – April 15, 1889), was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order....


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Father Damien.
04/19/1999: 849 words, approx. 3 pages
(BIOPIC - BELGIAN-DUTCH) A Kinepolis Film Distribution release (in Belgium) of an ERA Films (Belgium)/Jos Stelling Films (Netherlands) production, in association with Kinepolis Group. (International sales: Vine Intl., London.) Produced by Tharsi Vanhuysse, Grietje Lammertyn. Executive producer, Alex Verbaere. Co-producer, Anton Kramer....
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Hawaii Remembering Father Damien
06/18/1989: 1,620 words, approx. 5 pages
MOLOKAI, Hawaii - One of the most contented-seeming persons I've ever met was an elderly Chinese-Hawaiian who lived here in a small wooden bungalow by the sea. Not rich in the world's goods -- his sneakers were ragged and his clothes well-worn and...
 


 

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