Saint Luigi Versiglia

"Willingly suffer a bit for God Who suffered so much for you."
- Saint John Bosco (1815 - 1888)

Today is the feast day of Saint Luigi Versiglia. Luigi was born in 1873 in Pavia, Italy. When he was 12, he was taken in by Saint John Bosco and decided that he wanted to become a Salesian priest. In 1895, Luigi was ordained a priest. In 1906, he led the first Salesian missionary trip to China. In 1920, he became the first bishop of the mission area in China. In 1930, Luigi and a small group of other Christians were attacked and shot while they were going to visit the small Christian community at Lin Chow. 

Saint Luigi Versiglia, pray for us!

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Picture Of And Information About Saint Luigi Taken From:

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=7381

http://salesianity.blogspot.com/2010/02/remembering-our-salesian-protomartyrs.html