Vaz, Joseph, Saint, 1651-1711
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Vaz, Jośe, Saint, 1651-1711
Yōcavvās, Muni, Saint, 1651-1711
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found: Pāvilup Piḷḷai, Ma. Ilaṅkaiyin appōstalar ācārattukkuriya Yōcavvās Mun̲ivarin̲ cīviyacaritai ... 1980:t.p. (Yōcavvās Mun̲ivar, 1651-1711)
found: LC data base, 9-25-84(hdg.: Vaz, Jośe, 1651-1711; variant: Fr. Joseph Vaz)
found: New Catholic ency., 1981(Vaz, Joseph, the apostle of Ceylon, b. Goa 4/21/1651; d. Kandy, Ceylon 1/16/1711)
found: Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15, 2015:p. A14 (Pope Francis began his Asia visit this week in Sri Lanka, where on Wednesday he presided over the canonization of the South Asian country's first saint, Joseph Vaz. In 1686, Vaz, an Indian-born priest, sneaked into Sri Lanka disguised as a beggar and kept Catholicism alive during Dutch rule.)
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1984-09-27: new
2015-09-26: revised
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