DB Good Nights: Saints Louis and Callistus. SalesianYouthMovement. Saint Luigi Versiglia Also known as Aloisius Versiglia Memorial 25 February 13 November (Salesians) 28 September as one of the …More
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SalesianYouthMovement. Saint Luigi Versiglia Also known as Aloisius Versiglia
Memorial 25 February
13 November (Salesians)
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
Profile Studied at Don Bosco’s Oratory from age 12. Salesian. Ordained on 21 December 1895. Missonary to China in 1906. Appointed vicar apostolic of Shiuchow, China, and titular bishop of Carystus, on 22 April 1920. On 25 February 1930, while travelling with Saint Callistus Caravario, his ship was boarded by Bolshevik pirates who planned to abduct and enslave the girls on their ship; Callistus and Luigi fought to prevent them. One of the Martyrs of China.
Born
5 June 1873 in Oliva Gessi, Padua, Lombardy, Italy
Died
shot on 25 February 1930 in Shiuchow [Shaoguan] China
Venerated
13 November 1976 by Pope Paul VI (decree of martyrdom)
Beatified
15 May 1983 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Callistus Caravario
Also known as
Callisto Caravario
Memorial
25 February
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
Profile
Known as a pious and prayerful child. Salesian missionary priest. He worked at Macao, China, then in Timor, and then on 18 May 1929 in Shiuchow, China. On 25 February 1930, while travelling with his bishop, Saint Luigi Versiglia, his ship was boarded by Bolshevik pirates who planned to abduct and enslave the girls on their ship; Callistus and Luigi fought to prevent them. One of the Martyrs of China.
Born
18 June 1903 in Cuorgné, Italy
Died
shot on 25 February 1930 off the coast of Shiuchow, China
Venerated
13 November 1976 by Pope Paul VI (decree of martyrdom)
Beatified
15 May 1983 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
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SalesianYouthMovement. Saint Luigi Versiglia Also known as Aloisius Versiglia
Memorial 25 February
13 November (Salesians)
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
Profile Studied at Don Bosco’s Oratory from age 12. Salesian. Ordained on 21 December 1895. Missonary to China in 1906. Appointed vicar apostolic of Shiuchow, China, and titular bishop of Carystus, on 22 April 1920. On 25 February 1930, while travelling with Saint Callistus Caravario, his ship was boarded by Bolshevik pirates who planned to abduct and enslave the girls on their ship; Callistus and Luigi fought to prevent them. One of the Martyrs of China.
Born
5 June 1873 in Oliva Gessi, Padua, Lombardy, Italy
Died
shot on 25 February 1930 in Shiuchow [Shaoguan] China
Venerated
13 November 1976 by Pope Paul VI (decree of martyrdom)
Beatified
15 May 1983 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Callistus Caravario
Also known as
Callisto Caravario
Memorial
25 February
28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
Profile
Known as a pious and prayerful child. Salesian missionary priest. He worked at Macao, China, then in Timor, and then on 18 May 1929 in Shiuchow, China. On 25 February 1930, while travelling with his bishop, Saint Luigi Versiglia, his ship was boarded by Bolshevik pirates who planned to abduct and enslave the girls on their ship; Callistus and Luigi fought to prevent them. One of the Martyrs of China.
Born
18 June 1903 in Cuorgné, Italy
Died
shot on 25 February 1930 off the coast of Shiuchow, China
Venerated
13 November 1976 by Pope Paul VI (decree of martyrdom)
Beatified
15 May 1983 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
catholicsaints.info/25-february/