Francisco de Paula Victor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian enslaved priest
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Place of Birth: Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
About Francisco de Paula Victor
- Francisco de Paula Victor (12 April 1827 – 23 September 1905) was a Brazilian Catholic priest.
- He is known in Brazil as the "Apostle of Charity" for his charitable treatment of the poor.
- He is the first black Brazilian national to be beatified in the Roman Catholic Church and the first slave-turned-priest to be considered for canonization.He was beatified on 14 November 2015 in Brazil; Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the beatification Mass on behalf of Pope Francis who approved his beatification the previous June.
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