Francesco Palliola

SJ
Born(1612-05-10)10 May 1612
Nola, Naples, Italy
Died29 January 1648(1648-01-29) (aged 35)
Ponot (now Jose Dalman), Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines
Grave of Francesco Palliola in Jose Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte

Francesco Palliola, SJ (May 10, 1612 – January 29, 1648) was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary in Mindanao, Philippines. Due to his missionary work and faith healings, the Diocese of Dipolog opened a cause for martyrdom on January 6, 2016,[1][2][3] and was formally closed in September 2017 by Bishop Severo Caermare at the Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Dipolog City.[4][5]

The Vatican's 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.[6][7]

Life

Padre Francesco was born on 10 May 1612 in Nola, Naples, Italy.[7][8]

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.[7][9]

References

  1. ^ "Philippines opens sainthood process for Italian Jesuit". ucanews.com. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. ^ Cadion, Jong (6 January 2016). "First step towards sainthood: Diocesan process for cause for Martyrdom of Francesco Palliola opened". CNN Philippines. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ "1648". Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Cause for martyrdom of Fr. Francesco Palliola moves to Vatican". SunStar. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ^ Cabato, Regine (28 November 2017). "The Italian Jesuit missionary who died for the Lumad". CNN Philippines. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  6. ^ Lagarde, Roy (December 4, 2018). "Sainthood cause advances for Jesuit missionary in Mindanao". Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.
  7. ^ a b c "Church opens diocesan process for Fr. Palliola's martyrdom". Sun.Star. January 8, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  8. ^ Torres, Joe (25 January 2019). "Jesuit slain in Mindanao moves closer to sainthood". PREDA Foundation. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  9. ^ "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.
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