Devasahayam Pillai will be India’s first common person to become a saint by Pope Francis on May 15, 2022, at St Peter’s Basilica, know his histroy, story and wife name
The Congregation for the Cause of Saints at the Vatican said on Tuesday that Devasahayam Pillai, a former Hindu who converted to Christianity in the 18th century, will be the first Indian layperson to be named a saint.
Devasahayam Pillai History, Story, Miracles, Biography, Age, Family And Wife Name
The Indian layman Devasahayam Pillai will be canonized in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. This is his story:https://t.co/5UAiwj7L5z
— EWTN Vatican (@EWTNVatican) May 12, 2022
The Vatican honours Tamil Nadu with #தமிழ்தாய்வாழ்த்து at the canonization cultural program of St.#Devasahayam Pillai in italy yesterday🙏 An absolute proud moment for the Indian Christians and the Catholic Church community.@Pontifex #Amen pic.twitter.com/mqVHVHUopu
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As Vatican declares a convert from 18th century southern India a saint, here's why the Devasahayam Pillai martyrdom story is a hoax. #DevasahayamPillai #Replug https://t.co/ddqbbnYuF0
— Swarajya (@SwarajyaMag) May 15, 2022
Pope Francis will dedicate Devasahayam Pillai, along with 6 other saints, on May 15, 2022, during the declaration of the canon at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, according to church officials.
Devasahayam Pillai will become India’s first common person to become a Christian saint after the procedure is completed. Since then, lots of people are talking about him: So, let’s find out more about him and he deserved this title:
Who Was Devasahayam Pillai?
On April 23, 1712, Devasahayam Pillai was born as Neelakandan Pillai to a Hindu Nair family in Nattalam, Kanyakumari district. His father was Vasudevan Namputhiri, a Brahmin, and his mother Devaki Amma of the Nair Caste. Pillai married Bhargaviammal of the village of Mekkodu, near Eraniel, belonging to his own caste.
Devasahayam Pillai began his career as an official in the palace of Maharaja Marthanda Varma, King of Travancore, when he was inspired by Captain Eustachius De Lannoy, a Dutch naval officer who brought him to the Catholic religion in 1975.
He took the Christian name ‘Lazarus’ in the local tongue after converting to Christianity, which translates ‘God is my help.’
He advocated equality for all people regardless of caste boundaries when preaching religion, which sparked hostility among the upper classes, and he was jailed in 1749. Devasahayam Pillai was martyred on the 14th of January 1752, after facing growing difficulties.
He died on the 14th of January 1752, at the age of 39 years. His dead remains were placed near the altar from what is now the diocesan Cathedral, St. Xavier’s Church, Kottar, Nagercoil.
After a lengthy procedure, the Vatican recognised his martyrdom after his death. On December 2, 2012, 300 years after his birth, he was blessed at Kottar.
Why Vatican Recognized Him As Saint?
Only when a woman in her 7th month of pregnancy attested to a “miracle” after praying to Devasahayam, he was elevated to sainthood in 2013.
Her foetus was ruled “medically dead” since there was no movement, according to the woman. But it was only “after praying to the martyr” that she felt the baby move.
Following that, the Vatican agreed and declared Devasahayam a saint.
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