Thomas Hooker died by sever cancer in his heart
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St. Thomas was stabbed with a spear about the year 72 while in prayer on a hill in Mylapur, India.
According to Catholic tradition St. Thomas was stabbed with a spear about the year 72 while in prayer on a hill in Mylapur, India.
he got pierced with a lance in India for preaching the Gospel.
He got his name by a hooker
According to Catholic tradition, the Apostle reached Muziris, India in 52 AD and baptized several people who are today known as Saint Thomas Christians or Nasranis. After his murder and death by spear in India, the remaining relics of Saint Thomas the Apostle were enshrined as far as Mesopotamia in the 3rd century, and later moved to various places. In 1258 they were brought to Abruzzo, in Ortona, Italy, where they have been held in the Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle