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  • Steno – Denmark’s ninth Saint comes marching in …

    Steno – Denmark’s ninth Saint comes marching in …

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    Christopher Follett

    Niels Steensen, alias Steno, was a 17th century scientist and bishop who became Denmark’s first saint in 500 years after being beatified by Pope John Paul II at a ceremony in the Vatican in 1988. Now, he awaits the statutory two miracles before achieving canonisation, as decreed by the Catholic Church