Saint Oscar Romero

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:saint
gptkbp:appointedAsBishop 1977
gptkbp:beatifiedBy gptkb:Pope_Francis
2015-05-23
gptkbp:birthDate 1917-08-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ciudad_Barrios,_El_Salvador
gptkbp:canonizedBy gptkb:Pope_Francis
2018-10-14
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:murder
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Anglican_Communion
gptkb:Lutheran_Church
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:deathDate 1980-03-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:San_Salvador,_El_Salvador
gptkbp:education gptkb:Gregorian_University,_Rome
gptkb:Seminary_of_San_Miguel
gptkbp:feastDay March 24
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Óscar_Arnulfo_Romero_y_Galdámez
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Saint Oscar Romero
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Second_Vatican_Council
Liberation theology
gptkbp:knownFor advocacy for human rights
speaking out against social injustice
gptkbp:legacy martyr for the faith
symbol of social justice
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Oscar_Romero_International_Airport
statue at Westminster Abbey
gptkbp:motto Sentir con la Iglesia (To be of one mind with the Church)
gptkbp:murderedDuring celebration of Mass
gptkbp:nationality Salvadoran
gptkbp:notableEvent called for soldiers to stop carrying out orders to kill civilians
publicly condemned violence and repression
gptkbp:notableSpeaker 1977 radio homilies
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:bishop
gptkb:priest
gptkbp:ordainedBy gptkb:Bishop_Antonio_Dueñas
gptkbp:ordinationDate 1942-04-04
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:El_Salvador
gptkb:the_Americas
Christian communicators
gptkbp:previousArchbishop gptkb:Luis_Chávez_y_González
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous books and documentaries
film 'Romero' (1989)
gptkbp:successorAsArchbishop gptkb:Arturo_Rivera_y_Damas
gptkbp:title gptkb:Archbishop_of_San_Salvador
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Catholic_Church
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4