Testimonials

Herbert Eugene Bolton, the most renowned historian of the western United States, wrote:  "Segno is not renowned for its antiquity nor for its archeological treasures, but for the simple reason that within its boundaries it saw the birth of Eusebio Kino, the Jesuit explorer of the Pacific Coast and of Northern Sonora in North America."

Bonifacio Bolognani, Franciscan scholar of Padre Chini stated "Some famous people have left a mark in history with the authority of their thought, others with the dynamics of their works, and therefore remembered by future generations. For some inexplicable reasons, however, there are people whose fate is to fall into oblivion. This is the case of Eusebio Chini whose work was revalued only at the beginning of this century by American historians. The discovery surprised almost everybody in Trentino and in Italy for we had completely forgotten him. Nevertheless his magnitude as missionary, historian, writer and geographer has gone down in history; today his name has become legend."

 Segno, the church

Pope John Paul II, in his sermon on occasion of the Eucharistic celebration in Phoenix, Arizona (USA), said: "Certainly the cross of Christ has made a mark in the progress of the Gospel in this region since its beginning: three hundred years ago, the day when Father Eusebio Kino, was first to bring the Gospel to Arizona. "With exceptional personal abnegation, Father Kino worked indefatigably to found missions every where in this region (Arizona), so that the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ could take root among the people who lived here."

From the speech of John Paul II on April 29, 1995 in Trent: "I remember therefore among many other missionaries, men and women, who during centuries have left this region to go every where in the world. Among them it is only fitting to mention the Jesuits Martino Martini and Eusebio Francesco Chini.".

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