Ubusisiwe uClaudio Granzotto, oNgcwele wosuku lomhla ziyi-6 kuMandulo

(23 Agasti 1900 - 15 Agasti 1947)

Umlando we-Blessed Claudio Granzotto
Wazalelwa eSanta Lucia del Piave ngaseVenice, uClaudio wayenguthunjana ezinganeni eziyisishiyagalolunye futhi wayejwayele ukusebenza kanzima emasimini. Lapho eneminyaka engu-9, walahlekelwa ngubaba wakhe. Eminyakeni eyisithupha kamuva wabuthelwa ebuthweni lase-Italy, lapho asebenza khona iminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu.

Amakhono akhe kwezobuciko, ikakhulukazi awokuqopha, amholela ekubeni ayofunda e-Academy of Fine Arts eVenice, eyamnika idiploma ngeziqu ngo-1929. Kakade ngaleso sikhathi wayenesithakazelo esikhulu kwezobuciko benkolo. Ngenkathi uClaudius engena phakathi kweFriars Minor eminyakeni emine kamuva, umfundisi wesifunda sakhe wabhala: "I-Order ayamukeli umculi kuphela kodwa nosanta". Umkhuleko, ukusiza abampofu nomsebenzi wobuciko wabonakalisa impilo yakhe ephazanyiswe isimila ebuchosheni. Wafa edilini lokwenyuka, ngo-Agasti 15, 1947, futhi wahlonishwa ngo-1994. Idili lakhe lezinkonzo lingomhlaka-23 Mashi.

Ukuzindla
UClaudio ube ngumqophi omuhle kakhulu kangangokuba umsebenzi wakhe uyaqhubeka nokuguqula abantu babuyele kuNkulunkulu.Ngesona isihambi ebunzimeni, ngesibindi wabhekana nazo zonke izingqinamba, ekhombisa ukuphana, ukholo nentokozo ayifunda kuFrancis wase-Assisi.