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Óscar Romero

1917 to 1980 4 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Óscar Romero across 4 places, from 1917 to 1966. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador; he served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago de María, and finally as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Óscar Romero was documented, and when

15 August 1917exact date
Ciudad Barriosattested “Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was born on 15 August 1917 in Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel, El Salvador; his parents were Santos Romero Garcilazo and Guadalupe de Jesús Galdámez Portillo.” source: Wikipedia: Óscar Romero
1941year
Romeattested “He completed his studies at the Gregorian University in Rome, where he received a Licentiate in Theology cum laude in 1941, but had to wait a year to be ordained because he was younger than the required age.” source: Wikipedia: Óscar Romero
1941year
Gregorian Universityattested “He completed his studies at the Gregorian University in Rome, where he received a Licentiate in Theology cum laude in 1941, but had to wait a year to be ordained because he was younger than the required age.” source: Wikipedia: Óscar Romero
January 1966month
San Miguel Department (El Salvador)attested “Emotionally and physically exhausted by his work in San Miguel, Romero took a retreat in January 1966 where he visited a priest for confession and a psychiatrist.” source: Wikipedia: Óscar Romero

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Places Óscar Romero is documented in

Rome1 presence · 1941
Ciudad Barrios1 presence · 1917
Gregorian University1 presence · 1941
San Miguel Department (El Salvador)1 presence · 1966

Other places tied to Óscar Romero in the record

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4 April 1942exact date
Romementioned “He was ordained in Rome on 4 April 1942.” source: Wikipedia: Óscar Romero
1943year
Italymentioned “Before finishing, in 1943 at the age of 26, he was summoned back home from Italy by his bishop.” source: Wikipedia: Óscar Romero
March 1980month
Canterbury Cathedralmentioned “When news of the assassination was reported in March 1980, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, was about to be enthroned in Canterbury Cathedral.” source: Wikipedia: Óscar Romero
30 March 1980exact date
San Salvadormentioned “The Funeral Mass on 30 March 1980 in San Salvador was attended by more than 250,000 mourners from all over the world.” source: Wikipedia: Óscar Romero

Documented at the same place, the same year

Pierre Teilhard de ChardinRome · 1941Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and CádizRome · 1941Infanta Beatriz of SpainRome · 1941

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