SAINT
saint-mario-ciceri
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Mario Ciceri was an Italian Roman Catholic priest from Milan. 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. 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.
feast Day
06-14
birth Date
8 September 1900
death Date
1945-04-04
canonization Status
beatified
feast Month
6
feast Day Of Month
14

