Felice Tantardini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Felice Tantardini

Italian Roman Catholic religious brother, venerable

Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1898

Place of Birth: Introbio, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1991

Profession: missionary, blacksmith, religious servant, soldier

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Felice Tantardini

  • Felice Tantardini (28 June 1898 - 23 March 1991) was an Italian Roman Catholic religious brother from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions who served in the Burmese missions.
  • Tantardini worked as an apprentice blacksmith under his older brother before he enlisted in the Italian armed forces after World War I broke out in Europe.
  • He served in the front lines but the German forces captured him and moved him from camp to camp before and some others managed to escape their captors.
  • He resumed his work after his return to his home province but soon set himself on entering the missions after reading old magazines that detailed the work missionaries did.
  • He entered P.I.M.E.
  • in 1921 and a short while later in 1922 was sent to the Burmese missions where he would spend the next seven decades.Tantardini became beloved in the missions and travelled either on foot or horseback to reach the various missions with some located in the jungles or mountains.
  • He became known as the "Blacksmith of God" for his work as a blacksmith in the local communities but also did work as an electrician or carpenter in order to cater to the needs of the mission communities.
  • He toned down his work after he turned 85 when his superiors asked him to retire and he spent this time continuing to visit at a less frequent rate and reciting rosaries often in his free time.His death in 1991 prompted calls for his beatification in 1994.
  • Initial steps to activate the cause came following this before the cause launched in mid-2000; he became titled as a Servant of God as a result.
  • The cause culminated on 11 June 2019 after Pope Francis signed a decree that acknowledged that Tantardini had practiced heroic virtue throughout his life.

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