January 8th

 

 

 

GIOVANNI CASTELLANI (priest)

 

BIRTH:

Verona - 9.7.1871

FIRST PROFESSION:

15.8.1888

ORDINATION:

1894

DEATH:

Verona - 8.1.1936

AGE: 64 

 

 After his priestly ordination he was assigned to teaching, but afterwards he dedicated himself to preaching, almost all his life, in a simple and effective fashion. He went also to USA to preach to the Italian communities. He was struck at the end by serious exhaustion and lost his sight. He died by a cardiac failure.

 

 

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