Saint Callistus Caravario
Also known as
- Callisto Caravario
- 25 February
- 28 September as one of the Martyrs of China
Profile
Known as a pious and prayerful child. Salesian missionary priest. He worked at Macao, China, then in Timor, and then on 18 May 1929 in Shiuchow, China. On 25 February 1930, while travelling with his bishop, Saint Luigi Versiglia, his ship was boarded by Bolshevik pirates who planned to abduct and enslave the girls on their ship; Callistus and Luigi fought to prevent them. One of the Martyrs of China.
Born
- shot on 25 February 1930 off the coast of Shiuchow, China
- 13 November 1976 by Pope Paul VI (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Saint Callistus Caravario“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 November 2019. Web. 17 January 2021. <>