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Samuele Marzorati
Italian presbyter
BlessedResearched
Feast: 3 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1660
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Died
1716
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Beatified
20 November 1988
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Canonised
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Who they were
Samuele Marzorati (1660-1716) was a Franciscan priest and missionary.
He was stoned to death for the Catholic faith in Ethiopia in 1716, with his fellow Franciscan Michele Pio Fasoli.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Franciscan missionary stoned to death in Ethiopia.
Connected on this site
- Michele Pio Fasoli Blessed“He was stoned to death for the Catholic faith in Ethiopia in 1716, with his fellow Franciscan Samuele Marzorati.” — this site's research
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Samuele Marzorati
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 20 November 1988
- Wikidata Q9333413 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.