Luigi Versiglia was a former novice master noted for his strict austerities and discipline but for his loving and compassionate care of the poor and defenceless.
14 Facts About Luigi Versiglia
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Luigi Versiglia led the first Salesian expedition to China in 1906 and remained there until his death functioning for the people in various capacities such as a gardener and barber.
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Luigi Versiglia's beatification was celebrated in 1983 and he was later canonized as a saint on 1 October 2000 in Saint Peter's Square.
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Luigi Versiglia was born on 5 June 1873 in Oliva Gessi in Pavia.
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Luigi Versiglia served as an altar server in his childhood.
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Luigi Versiglia studied there in Valdocco from 1885 to 1889 before deciding to become a Salesian himself.
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Luigi Versiglia told him that he wanted to meet with him soon to tell him important.
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Luigi Versiglia wondered from that point what it was Bosco wished to speak with him about.
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Luigi Versiglia entered the order after Michele Rua received him into it.
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Luigi Versiglia made his solemn profession on 11 October 1889 and he received his doctorate in philosophical studies from the Gregorian in Rome in 1893.
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Luigi Versiglia led the first expedition for Salesian missionaries into China in 1906 and arrived at Macau on 7 January.
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Luigi Versiglia received his episcopal consecration in 1921 at the Canton Cathedral where the Salesian Servant of God Carlo Braga was stationed at the organ for the event.
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Luigi Versiglia founded an orphanage as well as several aged care homes and two leper colonies.
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Luigi Versiglia's remains were interred at the Lin Kong-How Cathedral but the Red Guards vandalized this place during the Cultural Revolution.