tremeloo

Updated: May 17, 2025

Father Damien's real name was Joseph de Veuster, and he was born in the year 1840, in the little village of Tremeloo in Belgium, not far from the city of Louvain that became famous in the World War when the Germans sacked it, burned its university and murdered its inhabitants. A strong religious impulse ruled the de Veuster family, and out of three children two were destined for a religious life.

Clayton Edwards - A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines: A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.