Saint Guido Maria Conforti
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As a child he used to have conversations in his parish church with Christ crucified. Entered the seminary in Parma, Italy at age 17. Ordained on 22 September 1888. Professor at the seminary. Vice-rector of the seminary. Vicar of Clergy in the diocese of Parma. Founded the Missionari Saveriani (Xaverian Missionaries) on 3 December 1895; they were assigned by Rome to evangelize China. Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy on 9 June 1902. Resigned as archbishop due to poor health in October 1904. Coadjutor bishop of Parma, Italy and titulararchbishop of Stauropolis on 14 November 1904. Archbishop of Parma, Italy on 12 December 1907. He visited his parishes regularly, worked for religious formation, supported religious education for the laity and lay involvement with youth. In 1928 he travelled to China to visit the Xaverians working there.
Born
- 5 November 1931 in Parma, Italy of natural causes
- buried in the center of the apse of the church of the motherhouse of the Xaverian Missionaries in Parma
- 11 February 1982 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
- 17 March 1996 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
- the beatification miracle involved the cure of 12 year old Sabina Kamariza’s pancreatic cancer in Burundi, Africa in 1965
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