Mario Borzaga
Italian missionary (1932-1960)
Feast: 25 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
The Martyrs of Laos are seventeen Catholic priests and professed religious as well as one lay young man venerated as martyrs killed in Laos between 1954 and 1970 of the First and Second Indochina Wars during a period of anti-religious sentiment under the Pathet Lao Theravada Buddhist-communist political movement.
Summary of the Wikipedia article Martyrs of Laos, which covers Mario Borzaga with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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The cause
Mario Borzaga has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Oblates of Mary Immaculate postulation: the cause of Blessed Mario Borzaga.
Connected on this site
- Paul Thoj Xyooj Blessed“He was killed in hatred of the faith with the Oblate missionary Mario Borzaga by guerrillas opposed to the spread of the Gospel in the country.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - Mario Borzaga e Paul Thoj Xyooj — "Mario Borzaga (1932-1960), sacerdote professo della Congregazione Missionari Oblati di Maria Immacolata... martiri in Laos"; memorial 25 April. Martyrdom decree 5 May 2015.
- Wikidata Q1566190 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.