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1) 14 January in Aralvaimozhi, Tamil Nādu (India)
in odium fidei
 DEVASAHAYAM [LAZARUS] [தேவசகாயம்]
(*)
(NILAKANDAN)
[நீலகண்ட]
layperson of the diocese of Kottar;
married
born: 23 April 1712 in Nattalam,
Tamil Nādu (India)
competent forum: Kottar
CCS protocol number: 2580
type of cause: martyrdom
rescript of “nihil obstat”:
22 December 2003
opening of
diocesan inquiry:
03 July 2006
closing of diocesan inquiry: 07 September
2008
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 18 March 2010
publication of Positio:
2011
session of historical consultors:
15 November 2011
particular congress of theological consultors:
07 February 2012
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 08
May 2012
promulgation of decree on martyrdom:
28 June 2012
beatification:
02 December 2012
opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for
canonization:
closing of
diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization:
decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle:
meeting of the Medical Board:
particular congress of theological consultors:
ordinary session of cardinals and bishops:
promulgation
of decree on miracle: 21 February 2020
consistory: 03 May
2021
canonization: 15 May 2022
postulator during canonization: Rev. Elphinston Joseph
information: Diocese of Kottar, P. B. 17, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nādu, 629 001 INDIA
website:
www.martyrdevasahayam.org
N.B. From the opening of the diocesan inquiry until beatification,
the Tamil word «Pillai» [பிள்ளை] was consistently appended to the
baptismal name «Devasahayam» (which is the Tamil equivalence of the Latin name
«Lazarus»). On clarifying that the word signified a caste and not a surname, it
was dropped in the decree recognizing the miracle proposed for his canonization.
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