Saint Elias Facchini

1839–1900 · Contemporary · Order of Friars Minor

Feast day: July 9

Biography

Élie Facchini, also known as Élie of Cento, born on July 2, 1839, in Reno di Cento, Italy, and died on July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, was an Italian Franciscan priest and missionary in China. He was canonized on October 1, 2000, in Rome by Pope John Paul II, along with the other Chinese martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion. His feast day is July 9.

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