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Zacarias of Saint Teresa
Spanish Discalced Carmelite saint From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zacarías Salterain-Bizkarra (1887–1957),[1][2] religious name Zacarias of Saint Teresa, was a Discalced Carmelite priest.
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Life
He was born on 5 November 1887 in Abadiano, Vizcaya, Spain to Bartholomew and Venancia Salterain-Bizkarra.
Zacharias was ordained a priest on 14 September 1912. He was a missionary to India, worked to spread Catholic culture and was also a writer.
He died on 28 May 1957 at the Christian Medical College Hospital in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. He was buried in Mangalappuzha, but on 8 June 2000, his mortal remains were moved to the Immaculate Conception Church in Manjummel.[3]
He was declared venerable on 27 January 2014 by Pope Francis.[4][5]
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