Transcript Saint Peter Claver

Saint Peter Claver
By Group 3
Birth information
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He was born on June 26, 1580
He was born in Verdu ,Catalonia ,Kingdom
of Spain
Family information
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He was a son of a Catalonian farmer.
Known as
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The patron saint of slaves
The patron saint of all Colombia
His accomplishments
Brought
medicines and food on the ship for
the African slaves who were sent to America
 Cared and loved for the slaves
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Baptized and instructed to the faith about
300 thousand people including infants
He also cured people since he was a
miracle worker
Studied at
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University of Barcelona and obtained his
first degrees there
He studied philosophy at Majorca (the
largest island of Spain)
How he died
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He was sick with an illness for four years
The sickness was called plague a deadly
infectious disease
Death information
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He died on September 8 1654 (so he lived
until he was 74 years old)
Feast day and others
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His feast day is on September 9 1654
He was Beatified on July 16 1850 by pope
Pius IX
He was Canonized on January 15 1888 by
pope Leo XII
His quotes and his symbols
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“we must speak to them with our hands
before we try to speak to them with our
lips”
Symbols: ship, cockle shell used for
baptizing