Global InformationNicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung information
Blessed Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung | |
|---|---|
| Martyr | |
| Born | 31 January[1] 1895 Nakhon Pathom, Thailand |
| Died | 12 January 1944 (aged 48) Bangkok, Thailand |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 5 March 2000, Saint Peter's Square by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Assumption Cathedral, Bangkok |
| Feast | 12 January |
Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung (Thai: นิโคลาส บุญเกิด กฤษบำรุง; RTGS: Bunkoet Kritbamrung; 31 January[1] 1895 – 12 January 1944) was a Thai Catholic priest.[2][3][4] Kitbamrung studied for almost two decades prior to his ordination at which stage he began pastoral work as an assistant to two pastors across Thai provinces.[5] He soon became a noted catechist who instructed Salesian seminarians in such while teaching Salesian priests the Thai language.[6][7] He was thrown into prison in 1941 when the Thai authorities accused him of espionage and collaboration with the French (whom the Thai were hostile towards) and he died in 1944 from tuberculosis after prolonged periods of mistreatment.[8][7][1]
He is the first Thai from the faith recognized for being killed "ex aerumnis carceris" ("from the hardships of incarceration") following his beatification. The beatification was celebrated on 5 March 2000 in Saint Peter's Square.[2][6]
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