Blessed Sante Spessotto
Also known as: Cosma Spessotto; Cosme Spessotto Zamuner
Feast Day
14-Jun
Born
28 January 1923 in Mansué, Treviso, Italy
Died
Shot at point blank range on 14 June 1980 in the church of San Juan Bautista in San Juan Nonualco, Zacatecoluca, El Salvador
Beatified
22 January 2022 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at Plaza Divino Salvador del Mundo, San Salvador, El Salvador, presided by Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez
Venerated
26 May 2020 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Sante Spessotto, also known as Cosma Spessotto and Cosme Spessotto Zamuner, was born on 28 January 1923 in Mansué, Treviso, Italy, to peasant parents Vittorio Spessotto and Josefina Zamuner. At the tender age of two days, he was baptized and grew up in a devout Catholic family. From the age of ten, Sante felt a calling to the priesthood and focused his studies accordingly.
Cause for Canonization
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