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单词 Damien De Veuster
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Damien De Veuster

英语百科

Father Damien

Father Damien in 1873 before he sailed for Hawaii
Father Damien, seen here with the Kalawao Girls Choir during the 1870s.
Father Damien on his deathbedSt. Marianne Cope standing beside Father Damien's funeral bier (image reversed)The leprosy patients of Molokaʻi gathered around Father Damien's grave in mourning

Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. or Saint Damien de Veuster (Dutch:Pater Damiaan or Heilige Damiaan van Molokai; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious institute. He won recognition for his ministry from 1873 to 1889 in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi to people with leprosy (also known as Hansen's disease), who were required to live under a government-sanctioned medical quarantine on the island of Molokaʻi.

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