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Christian faith religious figures Saint Damien Born: January 3, 1840, Tremelo, Belgium Died: April 15, 1889, Moloka‘i, HI (Damien was laid to rest under the same pandanus tree where he first slept upon his arrival on Molokaʻi.) January 1936, at the request of King Leopold III of Belgium and the Belgian government, Damien's body was returned to his native land in Belgium Buried: May 5, 1936, Saint Anthony's Chapel, Leuven, Belgium Beatified: 4 June 1995, Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Koekelberg), Brussels, by Pope John Paul II After Damien's beatification in June 1995, the remains of his right hand were returned to Hawaii and re-interred in his original grave on Molokaʻi