How to Pronounce Sante Spessotto
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Jan 28, 1923 Mansuè, Veneto, Italy Died on 14 Jun 1980 (aged 57)
Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor
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About Sante Spessotto
- Santí Spessotto Zamuner (28 January 1923 – 14 June 1980) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor.
- He assumed the religious name of "Cosme" upon making his solemn profession into the Franciscans and was sent as part of the missions to El Salvador in 1953 where he aided the faithful in missions of evangelization and the construction of churches.Spessotto – like the Archbishop of San Salvador Óscar Romero – spoke out against injustices on the part of the junta of El Salvador which caused him to receive a number of death threats.
- He was killed prior to the celebration of Mass in 1980 at point blank.His cause for sainthood commenced in 1999 under Pope John Paul II when he became titled as a Servant of God.
