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Bede Griffiths

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Bede Griffiths, born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda, meaning bliss of compassion, was a British Catholic priest and Benedictine monk who lived from 1906 to 1993. He lived in ashrams in South India, became a noted missionary, and was part of the Christian Ashram Movement.

Facts
Classification
Nationality
United Kingdom 2
Veneration Status
Historically Significant but Not Venerated 1
Identity
Gender
Male 1
Life
Lifespan or Floruit
from 1906 2
Attestation
Traditions Revering This Figure
Christianity 1
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Entity-backed identity for the revered-in enum value this member already carries, resolved by exact or single-candidate near-exact live entity name match against a same-atlas religion, denomination or organization entity, per the phase 3 revered-in pilot (docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md, owner decision 2026-09-28, w-bucketpilot-reveredin-0929). The revered-in fact itself, with its own citation, remains on the member entity unchanged; this relationship only adds the durable entity identity the enum value already names.

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Sources
1. Bede Griffiths, Structured Record (Wikidata Q813829)
WikidataWikidata property P21 (sex or gender)View the Source
2. Wikipedia: Bede Griffiths
Wikipedia
  • Nationality, from source article
    Bede Griffiths OSB Cam, born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda, was a British Catholic priest and Benedictine monk.
  • lead paragraph
    (17 December 1906-13 May 1993)
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