Giovanni Fausti
Italian missionary (1899–1946)
Feast: 4 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
The Martyrs of Albania were a collective group of 38 individuals killed during the Communist regime in Albania from 1945 until 1974 (all but five between 1945 and 1950). The government of Albania enforced state atheism. All were born at various times between 1874 and 1935; the group included Albanians and Italians as well as one German. Each of these individuals, apart from four, were part of the religious life as either priests or religious and served as either missionaries or educators with a great deal spending their educational formation in Italian and Austrian cities.
Summary of the Wikipedia article Martyrs of Albania, which covers Giovanni Fausti with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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The cause
Giovanni Fausti has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Jesuits: the cause of Giovanni Fausti.
Connected on this site
- Daniel Dajani Blessed“He was shot, with his fellow Jesuit Giovanni Fausti, by Albania's atheist regime, which imprisoned, tortured and killed bishops, priests, religious and laypeople who would not abandon Christ and the Church.” — this site's research
- Santi, beati e testimoni - BeatoGiovanni Fausti — Santiebeati.it, the Italian Catholic saints dictionary, carries a full entry: BeatoGiovanni Fausti - Sacerdote gesuita, martire | Marcheno, Brescia, 9 ottobre 1899 – Scutari, Albania, 4 marzo 1946.
- Wikidata Q3767204 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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