Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi
Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi | |
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Sculpture of Tansi mounted on the wall of Mount St Bernard Abbey | |
| Priest and Monk | |
| Born | September 1903 Aguleri, Southern Nigeria Protectorate |
| Died | 20 January 1964 (aged 60) Leicester, England |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 22 March 1998 by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Cathedral Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha & Mount St Bernard Abbey, Coalville, Leicestershire |
| Feast | 20 January |
Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi // ⓘ, OCSO (September 1903 – 20 January 1964) was an Igbo Nigerian 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.
On 22 March 1998, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. His feast day is 20 January.