Marino Restrepo
Marino Restrepo (* 1951 in Anserma , Colombia ) is a Colombian Catholic speaker, evangelist, author and musician.
Life
Restrepo was born in 1951 in the Colombian Andes as the sixth of ten children of a religious family. At the age of 14 he moved to Bogotá , where he began drug use and esoteric practices through the hippie movement . Restrepo studied in Germany and was finally active in California with his band Santa Fe as a singer and later as an actor.
During a visit to Colombia on Christmas Eve 1997, he was kidnapped by members of the Colombian People's Army, FARC-EP , and held hostage for six months. During this time he had mystical experiences and a conversion . Since his inexplicable release from captivity, he has been a speaker and author and gives testimony worldwide .
In 1999 Restrepo founded the Catholic community Pilgrims of Love or Fundación Peregrinos del Amor , which was recognized in 2011 by Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez in the Archdiocese of Bogotá .
Publications (selection)
- Leben am Abgrund original "From Darkness into the Light" ( Miriam-Verlag , Jestetten 2013, ISBN 978-3-87449-392-5 )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Restrepo, Marino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian Catholic orator, evangelist, author and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Anserma , Colombia |