Kuriakose Elias Chavara
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 153 years ago |
Date of birth | February 10,1805 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Kainakary |
India | |
Date of died | January 3,1871 |
Died | Koonammavu |
India | |
Nationality | British Raj |
Beatified | Kottayam |
Pope John Paul II | |
Parents | Iko Kuriakose Chavara |
Mariam Thoppil | |
Job | Prior |
Education | One-room school |
Feast | 18 February (Roman Latin Catholic Church) 3 January (Syro-Malabar Church) |
Patronag | Press industry, media, literature, congregations |
Canon | Pope Francis |
Beatifi | Kottayam |
8 February 1986, Kottayam by Pope John Paul II | |
Place of burial | Mannanam St. Joseph's Church, Mannanam, India |
Books | Complete Works of Kuriakose Elias Chavara: Letters |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1156510 |
Kuriakose Elias Chavara Life story
Kuriakose Elias Chavara, CMI was an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic priest, religious, philosopher and social reformer. He is the first canonised Catholic male saint of Indian origin and a member of the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic church.