Saint Antonino Fantosati

Also known as

• Antoninus Fantosati
• Antonio Fantosati
• Anthony Fantosat

Memorial

• 9 July
• 28 September as one of the Martyrs of China

Profile

Priest. Franciscan missionary bishop. Vicar apostolic for southern Hunan, China. One of the Martyrs of China, killed during the Boxer Rebellion.

Born

• 16 October 1842 at Santa Maria della Valle, Umbria, Italy

Died

• 4 July 1900 in Hengzhou, Hunan, China

Beatified

• 24 November 1946 by Pope Pius XII

Canonized

• 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Antonino Fantosati”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 August 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-antonino-fantosati/>