Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Father Damien, Hubertus, Juliana of Liege, Saint Servatius, Helier, Julie Billiart, John Berchmans, Saint Amand, Abel of Reims, Gudula, Christina the Astonishing, Charles I, Count of Flanders, Aibert, Saint Colette, Gertrude of Nivelles, Reineldis, Rumbold of Mechelen, Poppo of Deinze, Saint Bavo, Lambert of Maastricht, Amandina of Schakkebroek, Chrodegang of Metz, Gondulphus of Tongeren, Saint Ghislain, Godelina, Vindicianus, Lutgardis, Chrysolius, Begga, Saint Drogo, Guy of Anderlecht, Pharaildis, Saint Oda, Yvette of Huy, Idesbald, Trudo, Saint Piatus, Albert of Louvain, Himelin, Mutien-Marie Wiaux, Rimbert, Gerard of Brogne, Domitian of Huy, Gummarus, Amalberga of Temse, Amalberga of Maubeuge, Berlinda of Meerbeke, Waltrude, Saint Alena, Marie of Oignies, Emebert, Acarius, Landelin, Gondulphus of Berry, Saint Hadelin, Pharailde, Libert of Saint-Trond, Landrada, Relindis of Maaseik, Saint Ava, Victor Scheppers, Martin of Tongres, Celsa and Nona, Godwin of Stavelot. Excerpt: Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. (Dutch: or; January 3, 1840 - April 15, 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order. He won recognition for his ministry to people with leprosy (also known as Hansen's disease), who had been placed under a government-sanctioned medical quarantine on the island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawaii. After sixteen years caring for the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of those in the leper colony, he eventually contracted and died of the disease, and is widely considered a "martyr of charity." He is the ninth person recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church to have lived, worked, and died in what is now the United States. In both the Latin Rite and the Eastern Rit...