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On the Stamp
Saint Alphonsa in her nun’s habit, holding a book, with a crucifix behind her.
Saint Alphonsa
India Post issued a ₹5 stamp, singly and in a miniature sheet, on 16 November 2008 for the canonisation of Saint Alphonsa (1910–1946), born Anna Muttathupadathu at Kudamalur, Kerala, a nun of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation and a teacher. Canonised on 12 October 2008, she is the first woman of Indian origin to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamps themselves.
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