Blessed Agathangelus Nourry
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- Also known as
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Agathangelo Noury
Agathangelus of Vendome
Agathangelus Noury
- Memorial
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7 August (Capuchin calendar)
11 August (Franciscan calendar)
- Profile
- Joined the Capuchins at Le Mans, France in 1619.
Taught theology at Rennes.
Missionary to the Copts in Egypt in 1633 with Blessed Cassianus.
They met with little success, and moved on to Abyssinia.
Martyred with Blessed Cassianus.
- Born
- 31 July 1598 near Vendome, France
- Died
- stoned to death or hanged with the cords of their own robes (records vary) on 7 August 1638 at Dibauria, Abyssinia
- Beatified
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23 October 1904 by Pope Pius X
formal recognition on 1 January 1905
- Canonized
- pending
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Capuchin Franciscan Friars of Australia
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Kirken i Norge [norwegian]
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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