Carlo Salerio

Carlo Salerio (22 March 1827 – 29 September 1870), was a missionary for PIME and MEP on the island of Woodlark (modern day Papua New Guinea).

He studied in Seveso, Milan, and Monza.^[1] He would later meet Angelo Ramazzotti, who introduced him to PIME.

During the unification of Italy, Salerio fought in the insurgency of the Five Days of Milan.^[2]

On May 25, 1850, he became an ordained priest, later with an agreement with the, Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli he entered the Paris Foreign Missions Society.

In 1852 he left to the island of Woodlark leaving in 1855 due to illness.

He was part of one of the first groups of missionaries to Micronesia.^[3]

When he returned to Milan he taught English and remained a charitable of the church. He would dream of a female religious foundation which he would achieve in 1859.^[4]

In 1859, both him and Carolina Orsenigo founded the Institute of the Sisters of Reparation, which would help women in need.^[4]

On May 13 2019, Pope Francis gave Salerio the title of Venerable.^[5]

In Milan there is a street named after him.

He would suffer from mulitiple illnesses in Oceania, forcing him to be sent to Sydney, and later back to Italy. He died of natural causes in 1870.^[4][6]