Twenty Mercedarians of Palermo
Profile
A group of twenty Mercedarians who, when an unspecified plague struck Palermo, Italy, volunteered to nurse the sick. They contracted the plague themselves, and died as martyrs of charity.
- Adriano Calabrò
- Andrea Schiafino
- Batilani Marsalio
- Bonaventura Palmerio
- Gaspare de Ortega
- Gaspare Fajolo
- Giovanni Battista de Sartis
- Giovanni Battista Mansa
- Giovanni Ruiz
- Giovanni Zorita
- Giuseppe Latona
- Michele de la Rosa
- Pietro Nolasco
- Pietro Salanitro
- Pietro Salino
- Stefano Marchesi
- Vincenzo Bonello
- Vincenzo Calderon
- Vincenzo Carrenzo
- Vincenzo Salanitro
MLA Citation
- “Twenty Mercedarians of Palermo“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 February 2019. Web. 28 November 2021. <>