Vittorio Faccin
Xaverian missionary brother, martyr in the Congo
Who they were
Vittorio Faccin was born at Villaverla, near Vicenza in Italy, on 4 January 1934, entered the Xaverian Missionaries in 1950 and made religious profession on 8 December 1952. Sent to the mission of Baraka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1959, he made perpetual profession as a brother on 8 December 1962 and was killed at Baraka on 28 November 1964; Pope Francis beatified him on 18 August 2024.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was killed at Baraka, the mission where he had served as a brother for five years.
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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 116 (2024), p. 1182 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 18 August 2024
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.