Thomas of Tolentino
Christian saint
Feast: 9 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Thane in eastern India, Blessed Thomas of Tolentino, priest of the Order of Minors and martyr, who, while travelling through the lands of the Tartars and the Indians to proclaim the Gospel as far as the Chinese empire, crowned his mission with a glorious martyrdom.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 9 April as a Franciscan priest martyred in India on his way to preach the Gospel as far as China.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Odoric of Pordenone Blessed“His relics were removed to Quanzhou, China, and Tolentino, Italy, by Odoric of Pordenone.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 9 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q17609694 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas of Tolentino (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.