Bl. Peter To Rot Biography
Bl. Peter To Rot Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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Date of Birth | 1912 AD |
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Country of Birth | Papua New Guinea of Asia |
Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Married |
Profession | Teacher |
Place of Work | Papua New Guinea |
Date of Death | July 7 1945 |
Place of Death | Japanese concentration camp at Rakunai, East New Britain (part of modern Papua New Guinea) |
Feast Day | July 7 |
Beatification | Beatified by Pope John Paul II |
Canonization | Canonized by N/A |
Patron Saint of | N/A |
Biography
Blessed Peter To Rot, child of Angelo To Puia, a town boss, and Maria la Tumul, a grown-up believers who were a piece of the area’s original of Catholics. Dwindle was a devout kid, and however to some degree attracted to religious life, he turned into a lay catechist and worked with ministers in the zone. A magnificent instructor and coordinator of classes, he continually conveyed and educated from his Bible. Hitched to Paula la Varpit on 11 November 1936. Father of three; one youngster passed on in earliest stages, another not long after the War.
In 1942 every one of the preachers and their staff were captured by the attacking Japanese armed forces, and were stopped in inhumane imprisonments. Dwindle kept on driving the dedicated of his town decently well, thinking about the debilitated, Baptizing and showing the proselytes, helping poor people. At the point when the War started to conflict with them, the Japanese started to quell local people, denying Christianity, and pushing for an arrival to pre-Christian ways, especially of polygamy. Subside contradicted the relapse, and was captured in 1945 for directing religious social affairs. Detained in a cavern, he was so outstanding, bolstered and dearest by the individuals who knew him that he kept on being a wellspring of solidarity to his kin, and of irritation to his captors. A martyr.
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