| LC control no. | n 85041928 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bakanja, Isidore, approximately 1880-1909 |
| Variant(s) | Bakanja, Isidore, d. 1909 |
| Associated country | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Birth date | 1880~ |
| Death date | 1909-08-15 |
| Place of birth | Bokendela (Congo) |
| Place of death | Busira (Congo) |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church Trappists |
| Profession or occupation | Saints Catechists Household employees |
| Found in | Bakanja Isidore, 1983: portfolio, fiche 1, p. 3 (b. à Bokendela vers 1880; d. mid-August 1909) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 9, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bakanja, Isidore; Congolese catechist and canonized saint of the Roman Catholic Church; born c.1880 in Bokendela, Democratic Republic of Congo; worked as a mason for the colonial administration in Mbandaka; became familiar with Catholicism through the work of Belgian Trappist missionaries; learned the catechism and was baptized at St. Eugene's parish in Bolokwa-Nsimba (1906); became the house servant of Reynders, a Belgian agent; traveled with Reynders to the plantations at Busira and Ikili; the manager of Ikili plantation commanded him to take off his scapular and stop speaking of his faith to other people, he refused and was tortured; his wounds became infected and his health deteriorated; he was found and taken to Busira, where a local catechist tried to care for him; he was reburied in the cemetery at the new mission of Bokote (1917); Father Honor{acute}e Vinck, a missionary scholar with decades of experience in Congo, conducted research that led to a diocesan beatification trial (1987); the case was sent to the Vatican; John Paul II announced his canonization on 24 April 1994; died 15 August 1909 in Busira, Democratic Republic of Congo) |
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