"The Catholic religion was proscribed during the Dutch rule, penal laws were enacted, and the Catholics suffered severe persecution. Nevertheless the light of the Faith was not wholly extinguished and the practice of religion was continued especially through the exertions of missionaries."
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Thomas Edward de Sampayo
1855 – 1927
Thomas Edward de Sampayo (10 September 1855 – 1927) was a Ceylonese judge.
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