Francesco Palliola


Francesco Palliola, SJ was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary in Mindanao, Philippines. Due to his missionary work and faith healings, the Diocese of Dipolog opened a cause for martyrdom on January 6, 2016 and was formally closed on September 2017 by Bishop Severo Caermare at the Holy Rosary Cathedral in Dipolog City.
he Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints has declared as valid the investigation into the sainthood cause for a 16th century Jesuit missionary who served in Mindanao.

Early life

Padre Francesco was born on 10 May 1612 in Nola, Naples, Italy.