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Pierre Claverie
Algerian bishop (1938–1996)
BlessedFranceDominican Order
Feast: 1 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1938
Died
1996
Beatified
8 December 2018
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Canonised
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Who they were
Pierre-Lucien Claverie (8 May 1938 – 1 August 1996) was a French Catholic prelate and member of the Order of Preachers who served as Bishop of Oran from 1981 until his murder in 1996 by Islamic extremists.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q304556 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pierre Claverie (CC BY-SA)
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