"And now that Thou has restored to me the knowledge of Thyself, O Lord, let thy pardon fall on me, since Thy infinite mercy is not better known in anything than in pardoning a Dismas (the traditional name of the good thief) on the Cross and a Dominicus Corea on the gallows. If in Hell there is room for sinners, in Heaven also there is room for penitents."
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Dominicus Corea
Dominicus Corea (1565 – 14 July 1596), also known as Edirille Rala, was crowned King of the Kingdom of Kotte and the Kingdom of Sitakawa in 1596 in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the coronation took place in the Court of King Vimala Dharma Suriya of the Kandyan kingdom. He fought several battles against the Portuguese Army. Dominicus Corea was finally captured by the Portuguese forces and executed in Colombo on the 14th of July in 1596.
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