Daniel de Samarate (June 15, 1876 – April 27, 1924) was an Italian Capuchin missionary in Brazil. In 2017, his heroic virtues were recognized by pope Francis, and he is now a venerable.[1] [2]

Daniel de Samarate

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Felice Rossini was born in Samarate, Lombardy, on June 15, 1876, and was baptized the next day. In 1890 he entered the Capuchin convent at the minor seminary of Sovere in Bergamo. In the Capuchin convent of Lovere, he attended the novitiate, making his profession of simple vows there. On July 2, 1896, in the convent of Brescia, Daniel solemnly professed his vows for consecrated life and adopted the name "Daniel", in front of Father John Anthony of Brescia. In the same year, he received the tonsure at the hands of Cardinal André Carlos Ferrari, in the underground chapel of St. Charles Borromeo, in the Cathedral of Milan. From the same prelate, he also received from the subdiaconate at the Shrine Madonna Addolorata in Rho, Lombardy.

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  1. ^ "Promulgazione di Decreti della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  2. ^ Piemonte, Curia Generalizia dei Frati Minori Cappuccini Via; fax +39 06 4828267, 70 00187 Roma ITALIA tel +39 06 42011710 +39 335 1641820 (2017-04-06). "Venerável Daniel de Samarate". www.ofmcap.org (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)