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Jacob Lacops
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1541
Died
1572
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Jakob Lacoupe (*ca. 1542, Oudenaarde; +09. July 1572, Gorinchem), also known in English as James Lacoupe, was a Norbertine priest who died as a martyr as one of the Martyrs of Gorkum and a Roman-Catholic Saint.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q20028600 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Jakob Lacoupe (CC BY-SA)
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