Tuesday, September 15, 2009

India 5 rupees 2009 - Saint Alphonsa

"Saint Alphonsa Centenary"

Saint Alphonsa Muttathupadathu was a Catholic Saint, the second person of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, and the first canonized saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Oriental-rite Catholic Church.



(image and information by Pabitra Saha)

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