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Antonino Fantosati
Italian Franciscan, missionary, bishop, martyr, Catholic saint (1842-1900)
SaintResearchedPapal StatesFranciscansDocumented cause
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1842
Died
1900
Beatified
24 November 1946
unverified
Canonised
1 October 2000
unverified
Who they were
Near the city of Hengyang in the province of Hunan in China, Saint Antonino Fantosati, bishop, and Joseph Mary Gambaro, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, who, during the Boxer persecution, having landed to bring help to the faithful, died by stoning.
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 7 July as a bishop stoned to death near Hengyang in the Boxer persecution while coming to help the faithful.
Connected on this site
- 120 martyrs of China Saint honoured together
- Giuseppe Maria Gambaro Saint“Near the city of Hengyang in the province of Hunan in China, Saint Antonino Fantosati, bishop, and Giuseppe Maria Gambaro, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, who, during the Boxer persecution, having landed to bring help to the faithful, died by stoning.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2437591 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.