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American Cardinals Lead Canonization Pilgrims in Rome
In Rome for the canonization of the first male American saint, thousands of pilgrims attended three days of Triduum services led by three American cardinals. John Nepomucene Neumann, born in Bohemia in 1811 and a Philadelphia bishop, was praised by Pope Paul VI as a son of America. The ceremony drew 25,000 spectators in St Peter’s Square.
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Vatican City
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John Nepomucene Neumann
Philadelphia
John Cardinal Carberry
St. Louis
St. Mary
John Cardinal Krol
St. John Lateran
Terence Cardinal Cooke
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Neumann
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Bohemia
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