Frei Damião

Life

Damião de Bozzano OFMCap, born as Pio Giannotti, was an Italian religious priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who served as a missionary in Brazil for over six decades. Giannotti entered the order when he was twelve to do his ecclesial studies and religious formation of which he spent some of that time in Rome. He worked as a teacher from 1928 until 1931 when he was sent to the missions in Brazil. He would remain there for the rest of his life and would go travelling often to northern Brazilian cities where he would celebrate Mass and evangelize while hearing confessions on a frequent basis.

From Wikipedia, “Damião de Bozzano”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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