Blessed Alfredo Cremonesi
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
7-Feb
Born
16 May 1902 in Ripalta Guerina, Cremona, Italy
Died
Shot on 7 February 1953 in Donoku, Taungngu, Bago, Myanmar
Beatified
19 October 2019 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated in Cremona, Italy by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Venerated
19 March 2019 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Alfredo Cremonesi, also known as Father Alfredo Cremonesi, was born on 16 May 1902 in Ripalta Guerina, Cremona, Italy. He was the oldest of seven children born to Enrico Cremonesi, a grocer, and Maria Rosa Scartabellati. Alfredo was baptized immediately, just one day after his birth.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2019-10-19 by 19 October 2019 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated in Cremona, Italy by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu
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