Antonio (Ginepro) Cocchi
Italian Franciscan priest killed in Shanxi
Who they were
Franciscan priest from Artena near Rome, shot dead on a river bed at Shangliandi in Shanxi, China, in 1939. The Hagiography Circle gives his birth as 13 October 1908; santiebeati.it gives 14 October 1908 and is followed here.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocesan inquiry into his martyrdom was opened on 12 March 1995 and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the decree of validity of its acts.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.