Santoro, Andrea

Santoro, Andrea

Profile Priest of the vicariate of Rome. Missionary to Turkey in the Fidei Donum program. Murdered in church, reportedly as an anti-Christian attack. Preliminary work is underway on his Cause for Canonization has been introduced, and an examination into his possible martyrdom.

Born 7 September 1945 in Priverno, Latina, Italy

Died shot from behind with a 9mm handgun on 5 February 2006 while kneeling in prayer in the Santa Maria Church in Trabzon, Turkey; he was killed by Oguzhan Akdin who was 16 years old at the time and claimed to have been influenced by anti-Christian propaganda and the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoon controversy

Venerated pending; if you have information relevant to the Cause of Father Andrea, contact

Associazione Don Andrea Santoro

Viale delle Provincie, 47

00162 Roma , ITALY

Additional Information Corriere della Sera – italiano

Independent Online

Spero News

Turkish Weekly

Wikipedia

Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary