Transfer

Damien is exhumed on Molokai in 1936 and transferred to Belgium. The training ship Mercator eventually takes him to the port of Antwerp. From Antwerp, it goes via Tremelo to Leuven, where Damien is given a new resting place in the Saint Anthony Chapel of the Fathers of the Sacred Hearts.

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