Also known as
    •    Antoninus Fantosati
    •    Antonio Fantosati
    •    Anthony Fantosat

Memorial
    •    7 July
    •    28 September as one of the Martyrs of China

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Priest. Franciscan missionary bishop. Vicar apostolic for southern Hunan, China. One of the Martyrs of China, killed during the Boxer Rebellion.

Born
    •    16 October 1842 at Santa Maria della Valle, Umbria, Italy

Died
    •    4 July 1900 in Hengzhou, Hunan, China

Beatified
    •    24 November 1946 by Pope Pius XII

Canonized
    •    1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II