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Saint Thomas Day 2023 - July 03
July 6 , 2023
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- One of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, Thomas, travelled beyond the gates of Rome to spread the gospel.
- Saint Thomas travelled to a kingdom in South India.
- He converted the people there to Christianity and moved onto the Coromandel coast.
- He was killed at Mylapore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on July 3, 72 AD.
- This day is celebrated annually as Saint Thomas Day.
- The Portuguese built a stone fort in his memory, in 1523, near to the spot where he was believed to have landed on his mission to India.
- But the Dutch captured and destroyed the fort in 1663.
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