Blessed Adílio Daronch

Adílio Daronch (25 October 1908 – 21 May 1924) was a Brazilian Catholic adolescent. Daronch was born to immigrants and lived his entire life in Brazil where he was known to have had a love for football and riding. He became a dedicated altar server following the reception of his First Communion and often accompanied the priest Manuel Gómez González on his long missions of evangelization. The pair were murdered in 1924 on one such mission after revolutionaries became outraged with Manuel's active apostolate in their area. The pair's beatification process opened in Brazil in the late 1990s and culminated on 21 October 2007 with their beatification held in Brazil. Daronch was made the co-patron for World Youth Day 2013 and in 2012 was made the patron for the Diocese of Frederico Westphalen. Adílio Daronch was born in Brazil in Rio Grande do Sul on 25 October 1908 as the third of eight children born to the immigrants Pietro Daronch (d. 5.5.1923) and Giuditta Segabinazzi (2.2.1884–23.3.1932). His father was an immigrant from Agordo in the Belluno province of Italy who settled in Brazil in 1890. His mother was also an immigrant. In 1911 the Daronchs moved to Passo Fundo and then again in 1913 to Nonoai. He was baptized on 1 November. His siblings were (in order): His sister Zolmira recounted that Daronch loved football and was a well-liked child. His sister Zolmira was born after the Daronch's moved to Passo Fundo while his siblings Carmelinda to Vilma were all born after the Daronch's next relocation. His Italian paternal grandparents were Sebastiano Da Ronch (b. 1829) and Francesca Schena (b. 1838) and his paternal uncles (in order) were Luigi and Vincenzo as well as his aunt Giovanna Maria; his father was the last-born to his grandparents. The Daronch's arrived in Rio de Janeiro from Genoa on the ship "Europa" on 1 December 1890 and his father began work as an apprentice shoemaker. His maternal grandparents were Felippe and Praxedes Girardi.