Saint Luigi Versiglia
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- Also known as
- Aloisius Versiglia
- Memorial
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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.
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
- Beatified
- 15 May 1983 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
- Additional Information
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