Mario Ciceri | |
|---|---|
| Priest | |
| Born | 8 September 1900 Veduggio, Milan, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 4 April 1945 (aged 44) Brentana di Sulbiate, Monza e Brianza, Kingdom of Italy |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 30 April 2022, Santa Maria Nascente, Milan, Italy by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro |
| Feast | 14 June |
| Attributes | Priest's cassock |
Mario Ciceri (8 September 1900 – 4 April 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest from Milan.[1][2] He was born to farmers and had an inclination to enter the priesthood since his childhood; he studied in Bergamo and in Milan before he was ordained as a priest at the Duomo in 1924 and was assigned his first pastoral role at a local parish church.[3] Ciceri became renowned for his diligent attention to the poor and to the sick and also focused on children and teenagers. He revitalized Catholic Action in his area and was responsible for having recruited teens into the movement.[2]
His canonization cause was initiated in 2002 in Milan and he later became titled as Venerable on 1 December 2016 after Pope Francis confirmed that he had lived a life of heroic virtue. Ciceri was beatified in Milan on 30 April 2022.[3][2][4]
- ^ "La Storia". Associazione Don Mario Ciceri. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Venerabile Mario Ciceri". Santi e Beati. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Mario Ciceri". Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Pioneer of faith-based feminism and WWII priest to be beatified in April". Catholic News Agency. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.