Kerala Renaissance leader- Kuriakose Elias Achan













Basic Facts:
  
  • Born on 1805
  • Born at Kainakary (Alappuzha)
  • He was an Indian Catholic priest
  • Father of literacy in Kerala
  • Founder of First Catholic Sanskrit School at Mananam-1846
  • Founder of CMI Church (Carmelites of Mary Immaculate)-1831
  • “school along with every church" was introduced by him for giving free education and knowledge for everyone (Pallikoodam)
  • Introduced Pidiyari System
  • He was the first to establish a printing press in Kerala without foreign support (Mannanam in Kottayam):St Joseph
  • First book published fromSt joseph press at Mannanam - Jnanapeeyusham
  • Beatified(വാഴ്ത്തപ്പെട്ട) on 1986 by John Pole second
  • Canonized( വിശുദ്ധനായി) by Pope Francis in 2014
  • Died in 1871
  • Tomb at Mannanam
  • Book - Atmanutapam

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