Dorothy Stang
Dorothy Mae Stang was an American-born, Brazilian member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was murdered in Anapu, a city in the state of Pará, in the Amazon Basin of Brazil. Stang had been outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment and had previously received death threats from loggers and landowners. Her cause for canonization as a martyr and model of sanctity is underway within the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
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Female
Date of Birth
July 7th, 1931
Age
94
Birth Place
United States of America, Ohio
Date of Death
February 12nd, 2005
Died Aged
73
Star Sign
Cancer
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