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Cyprian and Daphrose Rugamba

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Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba were a married couple from Rwanda, who introduced the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and the Emmanuel Community to their country in 1990. Cyprien was a writer, choreographer, composer, and museum curator, and Daphrose was a school teacher. They were both murdered in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The cause for their canonization in the Catholic Church was opened in 2015.

From Wikipedia, “Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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