Francesco Palliola


Francesco Palliola

Born(1612-05-10)10 May 1612
Nola, Naples, Italy
Died29 January 1648(1648-01-29) (aged 35)
Ponot, Misamis, Captaincy General of the Philippines

Francesco Palliola, SJ (May 10, 1612 – January 29, 1648) was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary in Mindanao, Philippines.

Life

Padre Francesco was born on 10 May 1612 in Nola, Naples, Italy.[1][2]

Palliola was on his way home from Sindangan to Dapitan while riding a horse when a certain bandit, a converted native named Tampilo, carrying a long bolo suddenly appeared, attacked, and beheaded him leading to his demise. The priest's body was then buried along the wide stretch of a beach at Sitio Tabang near the townsite and is still present today.[1][3]

Beatification process

The cause of beatification for Francesco Palliola was opened by the Diocese of Dipolog on January 6, 2016.[4][5][6] On September 2017, the diocesan level of study for Palliola's beatification was closed by Bishop Severo Caermare at the Dipolog Cathedral in Dipolog City.[7][8] In October 2018, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints has declared as valid the investigation into the beatification process for a 16th-century Jesuit missionary who served in Mindanao.[9][1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Church opens diocesan process for Fr. Palliola's martyrdom". Sun.Star. January 8, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ Torres, Joe (25 January 2019). "Jesuit slain in Mindanao moves closer to sainthood". PREDA Foundation. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Zamboanga del Norte : Municipality of Jose Dalman". Old Website of Province of Zamboanga del Norte. 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 20 January 2003. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Philippines opens sainthood process for Italian Jesuit". ucanews.com. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Cadion, Jong (6 January 2016). "First step towards sainthood: Diocesan process for cause for Martyrdom of Francesco Palliola opened". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on February 11, 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "1648". Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Cause for martyrdom of Fr. Francesco Palliola moves to Vatican". SunStar. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  8. ↑ Cabato, Regine (28 November 2017). "The Italian Jesuit missionary who died for the Lumad". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on November 29, 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  9. ↑ Lagarde, Roy (December 4, 2018). "Sainthood cause advances for Jesuit missionary in Mindanao". Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.