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Facchini, Elia, Blessed

FACCHINI, ELIA, BESTO

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FACCHINI, Elia, Blessed. - B. at Reno Centesc (Ferrara) on 2 July 1839, d. in China at Tai-Yuan-fu (Shansi) on 9 July 1900, a victim of the Boxer persecution. He took the Franciscan habit in 1854 and in 1868 set out as a missionary for Shansi (China).

He first exercised his ministry at Ta-tong-fu, but was soon recalled as rector of the native Seminary of Tai-yuan-fu. His mission was to educate in the Seminary where, after a pause at Tong-eul-kon as first superior of the Franciscan convent erected there by Msgr. Grassi, he spent the 30 years of his missionary life, more a model than a teacher to his young men, 5 of whom were his companions in martyrdom. He was beatified by Pius XII on 21 Nov. 1946.

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BIBL.: G. Ricci, Barberie e trimoli, 2nd ed., Florence 1909, pp. 427-518; id., Acta Martyrum Sinensium, Quaracchi 1911, passim (see index); C. Silvestri, La testimonianza del sangue, Rome 1943, pp. 107-34 and 415-514.

Alberto Ghinato

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 949.

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Ghinato, Alberto. “Facchini, elia, besto.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 949. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/facchini-elia-besto.

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Ghinato, Alberto. “Facchini, elia, besto.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 949. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/facchini-elia-besto.

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  title     = {Facchini, elia, besto},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {949},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
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