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Saturday, August 15
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Luna Crescens
Blessed Isidore Bakanja
Northeast Republic of the Congo
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.
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