Antti Johannes Rantamaa (26 November 1904

Merikarvia Merikarvia (; sv, Sastmola) is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region. The neighboring municipalities are Isojoki, Kristinestad, Pomarkku, Pori and Siikainen. The municipality has a population of () and it covers an ar ...

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– 17 August 1987

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

) was a Finnish priest, member of the

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, figure of the

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, and author. He was one of the heads of the

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. Rantamaa is famous as the

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in the Finnish

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depicting

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devotions said to have taken place in 1939 under enemy fire, causing it to cease.

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