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∙ 14y agoMolokai is a Hawaiian island that is about three times the size of sanJuan Island. Molokai is located in the Pacific Ocean.
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∙ 14y agoFather Damien of Molokai died on April 15, 1889 at Molokai, Hawaii from leprosy.
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai.
Father Damien Veuster also known as Saint Damien of Molokai.
Father Damien Molokai died at age 49 April 25, 1889.
Molokai The Story of Father Damien - 1999 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:PG Canada:PG (Ontario) Iceland:12 USA:PG
Saint Damien, also known as Father Damien, lived in Hawaii at the Kalaupapa Peninsula on the island of Molokai. He dedicated his life to serving the leprosy patients who were isolated there.
Father Damien, also known as Saint Damien of Molokai, died of complications from leprosy on April 15, 1889. He spent his life serving the leper colony in Kalaupapa, Molokai, where he eventually contracted the disease himself. Father Damien dedicated his life to caring for those afflicted with leprosy, and he was eventually canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church for his selfless actions.
Father Damien of Molokai was born on January 3, 1840 and died April 15, 1889.
Father Damien, Saint Damien of Molokai, the leper priest and King Kamehameha I.
According to the Patron Saint Index, Father Damien of Molokai is the patron saint of lepers and against leprosy.
He was born on January 3, 1840, on the family farm at Tremeloo, Belgium as Joseph de Veuster.
Mother Teresa was the founder of a religious order that helps the poorest of the poor. Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic priest who traded his life for another and died in a German concentration camp during World War 2. Father Damien was a Belgian priest who worked with lepers in Molokai, Hawaii, and ended up dying of leprosy himself.