Devasahayam Pillai becomes 1st Indian layman to be declared saint by Pope Francis
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Devasahayam Pillai was on Sunday declared a saint by Pope Francis at the Vatican, becoming the first Indian layman to be canonized. He was born in the Kanyakumari district into a Hindu family in the 18th century but later embraced Christianity. Pope Francis canonised Blessed Devasahayam Pillai along with nine others during a Canonisation Mass in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
