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  • Bishop leads pilgrimage to "Georgia martyrs" site

    09/18/2007 8:59:56 PM PDT · by Claud · 86+ views
    Savannah Morning News ^ | 9/17/07 | Dana Clark Felty
    Bishop leads pilgrimage to "Georgia martyrs" site ST. CATHERINES ISLAND - Their last moments must have been lonely. Surrounded by a mob of angry Indians, five Franciscan friars from Spain died trying to bring Christianity to the coast of modern Georgia. More than 400 years later, leaders of the Catholic Diocese of Savannah are working to have those missionaries declared martyrs, and someday, possibly saints. After 23 years of research by church officials, the Rev. Conrad Harkins, a historian at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, hand-delivered documents to the Vatican in April - marking the official start of the argument...