Thomas of Tolentino
Christian saint
Feast: 9 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Thomas of Tolentino, OFM (Italian: Tommaso di or da Tolentino; c. 1255 – 8 April 1321) was an Italian Franciscan missionary who was martyred with his three companions in Thane, India, for blaspheming Muhammad. His relics were removed to Quanzhou, China, and Tolentino, Italy, by Odoric of Pordenone. Venerated as a saint, his feast day falls on 9 April.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Odoric of Pordenone Blessed“His relics were removed to Quanzhou, China, and Tolentino, Italy, by Odoric of Pordenone.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q17609694 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas of Tolentino (CC BY-SA)
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