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Associated Press - September 30, 2009
The heel of Rev. Damien de Veuster, who in 1873 began working in Hawaii with quarantined leprosy patients until dying of the disease 16 years later, will be displayed Oct. 13-14 at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit.
Pope Benedict XVI is expected to name Damien a saint on Oct. 11 at the Vatican.
Roman Catholics consider anything associated with a saint as a relic.
The Most Rev. Clarence Silva, bishop of Honolulu, tells The Detroit News Damien's heel was selected because it was kept out of his tomb when his body was transferred from Hawaii to Belgium in 1936.
The public is invited to attend the Detroit veneration on Oct. 13.
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Information from: The Detroit News, http://www.detnews.com
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