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Alberic Crescitelli

Alberic Crescitelli

Saint
July 9 · July 21 · 1863–1900

Alberic Crescitelli (1863, Altavilla Irpina — 1900, Ningqiang County) — Saint, missionary. Feast day: 21 July.

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Alberic Crescitelli was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary who served in China during the late 19th century. Born in Altavilla Irpina in 1863, he joined the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions and was ordained in 1887. He moved to the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Shensi, located in modern-day Shaanxi province, to carry out his missionary work. He is remembered as a martyr, having died in Ningqiang County in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion.

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