Venerable Friar Quirico PIGNALBERI, Priest (1891-1982)
Quirico PIGNALBERI was born in Serrone, Italy, on July 11, 1891. He was the last of five children of Egidio and Caterina PROIETTI. One...
Venerable Friar Melchior FORDON, Priest (1862-1927)
On December 21, 2018, the Holy Father Pope Francis, having consulted with His Eminence Giovanni Angelo Cardinal BECCIU, the Prefect of the Congregation for...
Venerable Friar Luigi (Filippo) LO VERDE Professed Clerical Student (1910-1932)
Friar Luigi was born on December 20, 1910, in Tebourba, Tunisia. His parents had emigrated there from Palermo, Sicily, to look for work. His...
Servant of God Friar Giovanni SOGGIU, Martyr (1883-1930)
Giovanni SOGGIU was born on April 1, 1883, in Norbello, Italy. He was the son of Antonio SOGGIU, an elementary school teacher, and Caterina...
Servant of God Friar Placido CORTESE, Priest (1907-1944)
Nicolò Matteo CORTESE was born on March 7, 1907, in Cres - Croatia, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He attended primary school...
Servant of God Friar Léon VEUTHEY, Priest (1896-1974)
The Servant of God, Friar Léon VEUTHEY OFMConv, was born on March 3, 1896, in Dorénaz, a small mountain village in French-speaking Switzerland. His...
Servant of God Friar Martin BENEDICT, Priest (1931-1986)
The Servant of God Friar Martin BENEDICT was born in the municipality of Nicolae Bălcescu (Galbeni, Romania) in 1931, to peasant parents. After attending...
Servant of God Friar Francesco Costantino MAZZIERI, OFM Conv., Bishop (1889-1983)
Servant of God Francesco Costantino MAZZIERI was born on March 25, 1889, in the village of Abbadia di Osimo, in Ancona Province, Italy. He...
Pisa: Celebrations Honoring Venerable Lodovico COCCAPANI
On February 21-23, 2020, the Postulator General Friar Damian PĂTRAȘCU visited Pisa and Calcinaia, Province of Pisa, Italy, to participate, as an invited guest,...
Servant of God Friar Anton DEMETER, OFM Conv., Priest (1925-2006)
On Tuesday, November 29, 2016, the Feast of All Saints of the Franciscan Order, a diocesan inquiry was opened for the beatification of the...