Salvatore Lilli | |
|---|---|
 Sculpture dedicated to Salvatore Lilli | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | 19 June 1853 Cappadocia, Abruzzo, Italy |
| Died | November 22, 1895 (aged 42) Turkey |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism |
| Beatified | 3 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 22 November |
Salvatore Lilli [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] was a Franciscan priest and a martyr killed by the Muslim Turks under Abdul Hamid on 22 November 1895. [6]
He was born on 19 June 1853 in Cappadocia, Abruzzo, Italy to Vincenzo and Annunziata Lilli. He joined Franciscan in 1870 and make his final vows on 6 August 1871.
He was ordained on 6 April 1878 in Bethlehem. He served as a missionary in Armenia. He also built schools, clinics and homes for abandoned. He taught modern hygiene and sanitation in villages. He worked with the sick during a cholera epidemic in 1891. [7]
He was serving as a parish priest and superior of the Franciscan House at Mujukderesi, Turkey, at the time of death. He was arrested by Turks along with his seven companions and forced to embrace Islam, to which Lille and his companions refused and hence they were killed and their bodies desecrated and burned.
Theologians approved Lilli's spiritual writings on 19 May 1939, and he and his companions were later declared Servants of God. [8]
On 3 October 1982, Pope John Paul II beatified Salvatore Lilli and his companions. [9] [10] The feast day is celebrated on 19 November. [11] [12] [13]
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