🇮🇹🇨🇳🇻🇦 Saints Luigi Versiglia and Callisto Caravario
Martyrs (✝️ 1930) Feast: February 25
Saints Who Worked Together 🤝
Luigi entered John Bosco 's Oratory School 🏫⛪ intent on becoming a veterinarian 👨⚕️🐴 but came out on fire for the missions. He went to the Far East, where he gave of himself teaching poor boys 👨🏫 In 1920, against his protests, he was made Bishop of Shaoguan , China . #Catholic
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The next year, after Callisto had come for a visit, Luigi accompanied him back home to Linchow . Their riverboat 🚣 journey in the company of 5 young native Chinese was cut short by the approach of a band of armed pirates. Angered when the priests could not produce protection money 💰 the pirates boarded the boat & tried to seize the 3 women in the group 💪 #Catholic
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When Luigi and Callisto stepped forward to defend [the women], the pirates beat them with their rifle butts 🤕 :ak: [The pirates] then brought all ashore and announced their plan to kill the priests because of their religion. Luigi and Callisto heard each other's confessions before they were taken to the woods and shot. #Catholic
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Luigi and Callisto were re-buried ⚰️ later in a public procession. That day, a local official declared, "The Catholic Church is marvelous which gives to society such men whose duty compels them to sacrifice their lives for their spiritual children." #Catholic
🙏 Merciful Father, through the intercession of Saints Luigi Versiglia and Callisto Caravario , grant me the courage to defend the defenseless. 🛐
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