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
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 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 …More
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 …More