Adílio Daronch
Adílio Daronch (25 October 1908 – 21 May 1924) was a Brazilian Catholic adolescent.
Daronch was born to immigrants and lived his entire life in Brazil where he was known to have had a love for football and riding. He became a dedicated altar server following the reception of his First Communion and often accompanied the priest Manuel Gómez González on his long missions of evangelization. The pair were murdered in 1924 on one such mission after revolutionaries became outraged with Manuel's active apostolate in their area.
The pair's beatification process opened in Brazil in the late 1990s and culminated on 21 October 2007 with their beatification held in Brazil. Daronch was made the co-patron for World Youth Day 2013 and in 2012 was made the patron for the Diocese of Frederico Westphalen.
Patron saint of Roman Catholic Diocese of Frederico Westphalen; Diocese of Frederico Westphalen; World Youth Day 2013; WYD 2013 (co-patron)
In the Martyrology
- May 21 Blesseds Emmanuel Gómez González and Adilio Daronch, Martyrs of Brazil