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Saint Titus Brandsma
Oegeklooster, Friesland, Netherlands
St. Titus Brandsma, originally known as Anno Sjoera Brandsma and affectionately referred to as Shorty, was born on 23 February 1881 in Oegeklooster, Friesland, Netherlands. He grew up in a devoutly Catholic family, with three of his four sisters becoming nuns and one brother becoming a Franciscan priest.
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