Saint Oscar Romero

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Saint
gptkbp:advocatesFor the poor
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Catholic_Church
gptkbp:awards Pope_John_XXIII_Peace_Prize
gptkbp:born August 15, 1917
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Metropolitan_Cathedral_of_San_Salvador
gptkbp:canonizedBy October 14, 2018
gptkbp:celebratedIn gptkb:El_Salvador
gptkbp:celebrates March 24
gptkbp:children none
gptkbp:criticism violence against civilians
gptkbp:depictedIn films and documentaries
gptkbp:died March 24, 1980
gptkbp:famousFor his sermons
gptkbp:founded Archdiocesan_Human_Rights_Office
gptkbp:hasGoals 'We must not be afraid to speak the truth.'
'The church must be a voice for the voiceless.'
'The truth is that we are all called to be martyrs.'
'We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.'
'A single human being is worth more than the entire universe.'
'There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried.'
'A church that does not provoke any crisis, a gospel that does not unsettle, a word of God that does not get under anyone's skin, what gospel is that?'
'The church is not a political organization, but it is a prophetic voice in the world.'
'I_have_often_been_threatened_with_death._I_must_tell_you_that_if_I_am_killed,_I_will_rise_again_in_the_Salvadoran_people.'
'If_they_kill_me,_I_will_rise_again_in_the_Salvadoran_people.'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Saint Oscar Romero
gptkbp:influenced social justice movements
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Gustavo_GutiƩrrez
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:Oscar_Romero_Foundation
gptkbp:knownFor advocacy for human rights
gptkbp:legacy inspiration for activists
gptkbp:nationality Salvadoran
gptkbp:occupation Archbishop
gptkbp:opposedBy government repression
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Ciudad_Barrios,_El_Salvador
gptkbp:placeOfDeath San_Salvador,_El_Salvador
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Pope_Francis
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:spouse Margarita_de_la_Cruz
gptkbp:supported the_Salvadoran_people
gptkbp:wrote The Violence of Love