Blessed Giovanni Fausti

Beato Giovanni Fausti

También conocido como: Gjon Fausti

Beato

Post-Congregation

Día de Fiesta

4-Mar

Nacimiento

19 October 1899 in Brozzo, Marcheno, Val Trompia, Brescia, Italy

Fallecimiento

Shot by a machine-gun squad at 6am on 4 March 1946 at the Varrezat e Rrmajit cemetery on the Rruga Hile Mosi in Shkodrë, Albania; the body was left laying outside for a day to show the locals what would happen to those who opposed the Communists; buried with other martyrs in a mass grave near the nearby river bed on the night of 5 March; rubbish bins were stacked on the grave to conceal it

Beatificado

5 November 2016 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Venerado

26 April 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Biografía

Beato Giovanni Fausti, también conocido como Gjon Fausti, nació el 19 de octubre de 1899 en Brozzo, Marcheno, Val Trompia, Brescia, Italia. Era el mayor de doce hermanos en su familia. Desde joven mostró excepcionales dotes intelectuales y una fuerte devoción a su fe.

Causa de Canonización

Beatified

Beatificado2016-11-05 por 5 November 2016 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Shën Shtjefnit, Shkodër, Albania, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato