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Father Damien 1840–1889


Hawaii
Father Damien 1840–1889

Father Damien ministered to lepers banished to a colony on Molokai. He spent his life providing medical care, housing, schools, and sanitation facilities for the colonists. He eventually succumbed to leprosy himself.

Sculptor: Marisol Escobar
(Father Damien, 1968), Bronze
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