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Devasahayam Pillai

Devasahayam Pillai was an Indian man born Hindu in the 18th century who converted to Christianity. He served in the court of the ruler of Travancore, India before being baptized in 1745 and taking the name Lazarus. After his conversion, he faced persecution for his faith, with false charges of treason and espionage brought against him. Despite imprisonment and sufferings, he maintained his Christian faith until he was ultimately killed.

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Devasahayam Pillai

Devasahayam Pillai was an Indian man born Hindu in the 18th century who converted to Christianity. He served in the court of the ruler of Travancore, India before being baptized in 1745 and taking the name Lazarus. After his conversion, he faced persecution for his faith, with false charges of treason and espionage brought against him. Despite imprisonment and sufferings, he maintained his Christian faith until he was ultimately killed.

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Devasahayam Pillai

Devasahayam Pillai, who was an Indian layman born as Hindu in


Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu and converted to
Christianity in the 18th century.
Pope Francis canonised Blessed Devasahayam during the
Canonisation Mass in St Peter’s Basilica, which was attended by
over 50,000 faithful from all over the world, as well as
government delegations honouring him and nine other new
saints.
History
devasahayam was born on April 23, 1712 in Nattalam village in
Kanyakumari district, and went on to serve in the court of
Marthanda Varma of Travancore. After meeting a Dutch naval
commander at the court, Devasahayam was baptised in 1745,
and assumed the name ‘Lazarus’, meaning ‘God is my help’.
His conversion did not go well with the heads of his native
religion. False charges of treason and espionage were brought
against him and he was divested of his post in the royal
administration,” the Vatican said in a note in February 2020.
According to the Vatican, “while preaching, he particularly
insisted on the equality of all people, despite caste differences”,
which “aroused the hatred of the higher classes, and he was
arrested in 1744.
DEATH
Despite the sufferings and humiliations, he stood firm in his
faith. It is said that, after he served his imprisonment, he was let
off intoa forest where he was shot dead by the soldiers. 

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