Francesco Convertini

Francesco Convertini, SDB (29 August 1898 – 11 February 1976) was an Italian religious priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco. He served in the missions in India since arriving there in the mid-1920s and dedicated his apostolate to tending to children suffering from malnutrition and fostering interreligious dialogue and tolerance. He also dedicated himself to preserving the environmental protection of local communities in waste-ridden areas and travelled to various communities to bring forth the Gospel message to all people.

The process for Convertini's beatification was launched in the Krishnagar diocese in the late 1990s and he became titled as a Servant of God; he was titled as venerable in 2017 after Pope Francis confirmed that Convertini had practiced heroic virtue throughout his life.

Life Francesco Convertini was born in Marinelli near Cisternino in the Province of Brindisi on 29 August 1898 as the second of two children to a poor family: His parents were Sante Convertini (who died when he was three months old) and Caterina (who died when he was eleven). The beatification process launched in the Diocese of Krishnagar on 12 December 1997 in a diocesan investigation that was later concluded there on 20 June 2005. The formal introduction to the cause came on 27 July 1998 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the nihil obstat ("no objections") decree and titling Convertini as a Servant of God. The Congregation later validated the diocesan process on 19 June 2006 after the cause was transferred to Rome while the department received the positio in 2009 for evaluation. Convertini became titled as venerable on 20 January 2017 after Pope Francis signed a decree that acknowledged that Convertini had led a life of heroic virtue. L'impasse Gli acrobati