Seminarian at age twelve. Studied at the Pontifical Seminary for Foreign Missions in Rome. Ordained in 1887. Joined the Milan Foreign Missionary Society, the predecessor of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), in 1888. Missionary in the Shensi Province in China near the Han River in 1888. Transferred to Ningkiang in 1900. Arrested on 20 July 1900 during the anti-Western Boxer Rebellion, he was tortured and murdered. One of the Martyrs of China.
Born at Altavilla, Beneventa, Italy
Died beheaded in Ningkiang, China; body hacked to pieces
Beatified on
18 February 1951 by Pope Pius XII
Canonized on
1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Alberic Crescitelli
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
