Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi | |
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Priest and Monk | |
Born | September 1903 Aguleri, Southern Nigeria Protectorate |
Died | Leicester, England | 20 January 1964 (aged 60)
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Beatified | 22 March 1998 by Pope John Paul II |
Major shrine | Cathedral Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha & Mount St Bernard Abbey, Coalville, Leicestershire |
Feast | 20 January |
Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi // , OCSO (September 1903 – 20 January 1964) was an Igbo Nigerian priest of the Catholic Church who worked in the Archdiocese of Onitsha and later became a Trappist monk at Mount Saint Bernard Monastery in England.
On 22 March 1998, upon the recommendation of Cardinal Francis Arinze, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. His feast day is 20 January.