He was the son of Vincenzo and Annunziata Lilli, joining the Franciscans in 1870 and making his vows on 6 August 1871. He studied at the Franciscan seminary in the Holy Lands and was ordained in Bethlehem on April 6, 1878. He served as a missionary in Jerusalem fot two years then became a missionary in Armenia. In addition to preaching the faith he built schools, clinics, and homes for the abandoned. He taught modern hygiene and sanitation in the remote villages. He worked endlessly with the sick during a cholera epidemic in 1891. Later he became a missionary to Mujuk-Deresa, Armenia in 1894. In 1895 the area was occupied by Islamic Turks who captured Salvatore and fellow Franciscans Baldji Oghlou Ohannes, David Oghlou David, Dimbalac Oghlou Wartavar, Geremia Oghlou Boghos, Khodianin Oghlou Kadir, Kouradji Oghlou Tzeroum, and Toros Oghlou David. They were tortured and ordered to convert to Islam, but they refused. He is one of the Martyrs of Armenia. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
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