Jacome Gonsalves, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1676
Place of Birth: Divari, Iran
Date of Death: 17-Jul-1742
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Jacome Gonsalves
- Rev.
- Fr.
- Jacome Gonsalves,CO (Konkani: ???? ????? ??????????; Portuguese: Padre Jacome Gonsalves; Tamil: ?????? ???????????? ??????????; Sinhala: ?????? ???????????? ??????? Jakome Gonsalves Piyathuma) was an Oratorian priest and missionary in Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon. Fr.
- Jacome Gonsalves arrived in Ceylon during the Dutch occupation, when the Dutch were imposing Calvinism as the official religion after taking over from the Portuguese.
- He also helped St.
- Joseph Vaz in services.
- He did a massive service using his knowledge on Sinhala and Tamil Languages. He is also known as the "Father of Catholic Literature in Sri Lanka" because of the massive service he had done.
- He had written many books, prayers, hymns and translated many hymns.
- Some of those hymns and prayers are in popular use among Sinhala and Tamil Catholics.
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