Father Damien

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:priest
gptkbp:beatifiedBy gptkb:Pope_John_Paul_II
1995-06-04
gptkbp:birthDate 1840-01-03
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Jozef_De_Veuster
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Tremelo,_Belgium
gptkbp:canonizedBy gptkb:Pope_Benedict_XVI
2009-10-11
gptkbp:causeOfDeath leprosy
gptkbp:commemoratedBy May 10
gptkbp:deathDate 1889-04-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Molokai,_Kingdom_of_Hawaii
gptkbp:feastDay May 10
gptkbp:honor statue in Hawaii State Capitol
statue in United States Capitol
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:saint
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Father Damien
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Mother_Teresa
gptkb:Mother_Marianne_Cope
gptkbp:knownFor serving in Kalaupapa leper colony
work with leprosy patients
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:French
Dutch
English
Hawaiian
gptkbp:legacy subject of books and films
inspiration for social justice
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Congregation_of_the_Sacred_Hearts_of_Jesus_and_Mary
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Belgian
gptkbp:notableWork ministry to lepers in Hawaii
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:missionary
gptkb:priest
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:Hawaii
outcasts
leprosy patients
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Leuven,_Belgium
gptkb:Molokai,_Hawaii
gptkbp:sainthoodStatus canonized saint
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous biographies
film 'Molokai: The Story of Father Damien'
gptkbp:veneratedIn gptkb:Anglican_Communion
gptkb:Lutheran_Church
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkb:Episcopal_Church_(United_States)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Statuary_Hall_Collection
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4