Saint Alphonsa
(1910-1946)
First Catholic saint from India.
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Saint Alphonsa (19 August 1910 – 28 July 1946) was a Syro-Malabar Catholic Franciscan nun who is now honoured as a saint. Sister Alphonsa became the first native Indian to be canonized In 2008. She is the first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church, the second saint to be canonized in India and the first canonised saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the Saint Thomas Christian community.
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19 August 1910 Kudamaloor, Palai, India
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| Died |
28 July 1946 (aged 35)
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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