Martyrdom of George de Gheel

P.F. Giorgio Fiamengo amazzato in odium fidei1

Father Brother George Flemish [aka George de Gheel] killed in odium fidei

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    Refers to the death, considered a martyrdom by his brothers in religion, of Flemish Capuchin friar Joris van Gheel in 1652 in the Kongo province of Mbata, see MAP. Hooglede, “Le père Georges de Gheel (+1652): Missionnaire, philologue et martyr.” See also biographic information in Saccardo, Congo e Angola, 1:489-90.

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