Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi
Also known as: Iwemmaduegbunam
Feast Day
20-Jan
Born
September 1903 in Igboezum, Aguleri, Nigeria as Iwemmaduegbunam
Died
20 January 1964 at the Royal Infirmary, Leicester, England; buried in the cemetery of Saint Bernard’s monastery; re-interred in the priest‘s cemetery, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Onitsha, Nigeria on 17 October 1986
Beatified
22 March 1998 by Pope John Paul II at Oba, Nigeria
Venerated
11 July 1995 by Pope John Paul II
Biography
Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, also known as Iwemmaduegbunam, was born in September 1903 in Igboezum, Aguleri, Nigeria. He was the son of Tabansi of Igboezunu-Aguleri and Ejikwevi of Nteje and was one of five children in the family. Despite his parents being non-Christian, they made the decision to send young Cyprian to live with and be educated by a Christian uncle.
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