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Also known as

• Callisto Caravario

Memorial

• 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

• 18 June 1903 in Cuorgné, Italy

Died

• shot on 25 February 1930 off the coast of Shiuchow, China

Venerated

• 13 November 1976 by Pope Paul VI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 15 May 1983 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Saint Callistus Caravario“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 November 2019. Web. 27 October 2021. <>