French priest, missionary in the Sahara and martyr of religious persecution.
Celebration | 1 of December Saints of the day |
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Name |
Carlos is a man's name.
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In the world | Charles-Eugène de Foucauld de Pontbriand |
Birth | on September 15, 1858 in Estrasburgo in current France Saints born in France |
Death | on December 1, 1916 in Tamanrasset in current Algeria Saints dead in Algeria |
Process |
Made venerable on April 24, 2001
by pope Blessed John Paul II
Beatified on November 13, 2005
by pope Benedict XVI
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