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Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi
Igbo Nigerian priest (1903–1964)
Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, OCSO (September 1903 – 20 January 1964) was an IgboNigerian priest of the Catholic Church who worked in the Archdiocese of Onitsha and later became a Trappist monk at Mount Saint Bernard Monastery in England.
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On 22 March 1998, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. His feast day is 20 January.
Heritage and early life
Tansi was born in September 1903, in an area of Nigeria under the control of the Royal Niger Company (RNC).
The RNC maintained a trading outpost in Aguleri, purchasing palm oil from local farmers to sell abroad. Relations between the local population and the foreign company were often strained.
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Michael's father, Tabansi of Igbezunu, was once taken hostage by the Royal Niger Company and later released.[1]
Michael was the oldest son. His name Iwene meant 'let malice not kill'. His parents were poor farmers; they were not Christian.
His mother was se