St. Alberic Crescitelli Biography
Saint Alberic Crescitelli Profile. Born: June 30 1863 in Italy, Europe. Worked in China. Died: July 21 1900 in Ningkiang, China. Feast Day is celebrated on July 21.
St. Alberic Crescitelli Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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| Date of Birth | June 30 1863 |
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| Country of Birth | Italy in Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | St.s who were Brothers |
| Profession | Missionary |
| Place of Work | China |
| Date of Death | July 21 1900 |
| Place of Death | Ningkiang, China |
| Feast Day | July 21 |
| Beatification | Pope Pius XII |
| Canonization | Pope John Paul II |
| Patron Saint of | N/A |
Biography
Saint Alberic Crescitelli, Seminarian at the age of twelve. Studied at the Pontifical Seminary for Foreign Missions in Rome. Consecrated in 1887. 1888 Member of the Milan Missionary Society, forerunner of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME). 1888 missionary in the Chinese province of Shensi near the Han River. Moved to Ningkiang in 1900. Arrested on July 20, 1900, during the anti-Western Boxer Rebellion, he was tortured and murdered. One of the martyrs of China. No other information about them is available.
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