Blessed Isidore Bakanja
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
15-Aug
Born
C.1887 at northeast Republic of the Congo
Died
15 August 1909 in Busira, Équateur, Democratic Republic of Congo
Beatified
24 April 1994 by Pope John Paul II
Venerated
2 April 1993 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Isidore Bakanja, also known as "the Martyr of Congo," was born around 1887 in northeast Republic of the Congo. At the age of 18, he was baptized on May 6, 1906, after receiving instruction from Trappist missionaries. Isidore worked as an assistant stone mason for white colonists in what was then the Belgian Congo, later known as Zaire or simply the Congo.
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