Tommas Saleh
Lebanese Maronite priest
Who they were
Thomas Saleh (3 May 1879 – 28 February 1917), born Jirays H̱anā S̱āleẖ, religious name Thūmā from B'abdāt, was a Lebanese Maronite priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Saleh joined the Franciscans in Istanbul and carried out his novitiate period there before he made his profession in mid-1900 and was ordained to the priesthood in late 1904. He tended to the missions and worked with his peer Leonard Melki; he dedicated himself to the mission school and was a noted preacher. He was transferred in 1910 but expelled in late 1914 once World War I and the Assyrian Genocide[commenced.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Leonard Melki Blessed“He tended to the missions and worked with his peer Leonard Melki; he dedicated himself to the mission school and was a noted preacher.” — Wikipedia
- Santi, beati e testimoni — BeatoTommaso da Baabdath (Géries Saleh) — BeatoTommaso da Baabdath (Géries Saleh) — Sacerdote cappuccino, martire — Baabdath, Libano, 3 maggio 1879 – Marache, Turchia, 18 gennaio 1917 — feast 18 gennaio
- Wikidata Q109772581 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas Saleh (CC BY-SA)
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