1) 10 January in Perugia (Italy)  L�ONIE AVIAT (FRAN�OISE DE SALES) founder, Oblate Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales born: 16 September 1844 in Sezanne, Marne (France) competent forum: Perugia-Citt� della Pieve/Troyes CCS protocol number:273 type of cause: heroic virtues opening of informative process: 1929 closing of informative process: 1934 decree on writings: 01 July 1936 introduction of cause: 09 April 1957 decree � non cultu �: 11 April 1958 opening of apostolic process: 1959 closing of apostolic process: 1961 decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 14 January 1967 congress of CCS officials and consultors: 20 March 1978 plenary session of cardinals and bishops: 23 May 1978 papal confirmation of plenary session sentence: 22 September 1978 promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 01 December 1978 opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 1977 closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 1979 decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 03 December 1982 meeting of the Medical Board: 02 May 1991 particular congress of theological consultors: 27 September 1991 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 10 December 1991 promulgation of decree on miracle: 21 December 1991 beatification: 27 September 1992 opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 1994 closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 1994 decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 24 March 1995 meeting of the Medical Board: 17 February 2000 particular congress of theological consultors: 23 June 2000 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 05 December 2000 promulgation of decree on miracle: 18 December 2000 canonization: 25 November 2001 information: S�urs Oblates de Saint Fran�ois de Sales, 10 Rue des Terrasses, 10000 Troyes, FRANCE website: www.oblatesisters.org |
2) 14 January in Rome (Italy)  LUIGI ORESTE BORGIA priest of the diocese of Rome born: 28 March 1840 in Rome (Italy) competent forum:Rome CCS protocol number: 1 863 type of cause:heroic virtues rescript of �nihil obstat�: 06 May 1992 opening of diocesan inquiry: closing of diocesan inquiry: decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: publication of Positio: session of historical consultors: particular congress of theological consultors: ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: postulator: Dr. Vittorio Capuzza petitioner: Pontificio Seminario Romano Maggiore, P.za S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4, 00184 Roma, ITALY Parrocchia di S. Marco al Campidoglio, P.za S. Marco, 48, 00186 Roma, ITALY website: |
3) 26 January in Villa del Tr�nsito, C�rdoba (Argentina)  JOS� GABRIEL DEL ROSARIO BROCHERO priest of the archdiocese of C�rdoba born: 16 March 1840 in Santa Rosa de R�o Primero, C�rdoba (Argentina) competent forum:C�rdoba (Argentina) CCS protocol number: 1246 type of cause:heroic virtues opening of informative process: 1968 opening of rogatory process (Cruz del Eje): 1970 closing of rogatory process (Cruz del Eje): 1972 closing of informative process: 1974 decree on writings: 03 March 1979 opening of supplementary inquiry: 1989 closing of supplementary inquiry: 1989 decree on validity of informative process and supplementary unquiry: 10 May 1996 publication of Positio: 1997 particular congress of theological consultors: 03 February 2004 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 02 April 2004 promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 April 2004 opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 26 February 2009 closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 07 April 2009 decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 07 May 2010 meeting of the Medical Board: 10 May 2011 particular congress of theological consultors: 07 July 2011 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 06 November 2012 promulgation of decree on miracle: 20 December 2012 beatification: 14 September 2013 opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: meeting of the Medical Board: particular congress of theological consultors: ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: promulgation of decree on miracle: 21 January 2016 canonization: 16 October 2016 postulator during canonization: Dr. Silvia M�nica Correale petitioner: Arquidi�cesis de C�rdoba, Avda. Hip�lito Yrigoyen, 98, X5000JHN C�rdoba, ARGENTINA website: www.curabrochero.org.ar |
4) 26 January in Kottayam (India)  MATHEW MAKIL [മാത്യു മാക്കീൽ] apostolic vicar of Changanacherry and Kottayam; founder, Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary born: 27 March 1851 in Manjoor, Kottayam (India) competent forum:Kottayam CCS protocol number: 2867 type of cause: heroic virtues rescript of �nihil obstat�: 11 November 2008 opening of eparchial inquiry: 26 January 2009 closing of eparchial inquiry: decree on validity of eparchial inquiry: publication of Positio: session of historical consultors: particular congress of theological consultors: ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: postulator: petitioner: Visitation Generalate, S.H. Mount P.O, Kottayam 686 006 � Kerala, INDIA website: marmakil.org |
5) 11 February in Villa Pasquali, Mantova (Italy)  GIACINTO BIANCHI priest of the diocese of Cremona; founder, Daughters of Mary, Missionaries (n.o.) born: 15 August 1835 in Villa Pasquali, Mantova (Italy) competent forum:Cremona CCS protocol number: 604 type of cause:heroic virtues opening of informative process: 07 October 1949 closing of informative process: 28 September 1962 decree on writings: 14 June 1974 decree on validity of informative process 17 May 1991 publication of Positio: 1993 particular congress of theological consultors: 17 February 2006 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 22 January 2008 promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 06 December 2008 postulator: Sr. Antonietta Papa, fmm petitioner: Figlie di Maria, Missionarie, Via D. G. Bianchi, 3, 46010 Villa Pasquali (M N), ITALY Figlie di Maria, Missionarie, Via Lorenzo Valla, 21, 00152 Roma, ITALY website: ifmm.org |
6) 26 February in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta (Italy)  DONATO GIANNOTTI priest of the diocese of Capua; founder, Handmaids of the Immaculate born: 28 June 1828 in Casapulla, Caserta (Italy) competent forum: Capua CCS protocol number:2100 type of cause: heroic virtues rescript of �nihil obstat�: 29 March 1996 opening of diocesan inquiry: closing of diocesan inquiry: decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 14 May 1999 publication of Positio: 2009 session of historical consultors: 17 February 2009 particular congress of theological consultors: 30 November 2010 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 15 November 2011 promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 December 2011 postulator: Rev. Nunzio D�Elia petitioner: Ancelle dell�Immacolata, Via Donato Giannotti, 13, 81055 Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE), ITALY website: www.suoreancelleimmacolata.it |
7) 11 March in Jrabta, Batrūn, Ash Shamāl (Lebanon)  BUŢROSYAH SHABAQ AR-RAYES(RAFQĀ) [(بطرسيّة شبق ألريّس (رفقا] professed religious, Lebanese Maronite Religious Sisters (n.o.) born: 29 June 1832 in Himlaya, Metn Nord, Jabal Lubnān (Lebanon) competent forum: Antioch of the Maronites CCS protocol number: 23 type of cause: heroic virtues opening of informative process: 1910 closing of informative process: decree on writings: 12 March 1930 introduction of cause: 01 June 1968 decree � non cultu �: 22 February 1969 opening of apostolic process: 1973 closing of apostolic process: 1973 decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 24 October 1974 congress of CCS officials and consultors: 19 May 1981 plenary session of cardinals and bishops: 15 December 1981 papal confirmation of plenary session sentence: 07 January 1982 promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 11 February 1982 opening of eparchial inquiry on miracle for beatification closing of eparchial inquiry on miracle for beatification: decree on validity of eparchial inquiry on miracle: meeting of the Medical Board: particular congress of theological consultors: 06 March 1984 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 17 April 1984 promulgation of decree on miracle: 09 June 1984 beatification: 17 November 1985 opening of eparchial inquiry on miracle for canonization: closing of eparchial inquiry on miracle for canonization: decree on validity of eparchial inquiry on miracle: 07 May 1999; 14 May 1999 meeting of the Medical Board: 16 December 1999 particular congress of theological consultors: 07 April 2000 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 06 June 2000 promulgation of decree on miracle: 01 July 2000 canonization: 10 June 2001 information: Religieuses Libanaises Maronites, Couvent Mar Youssef (Saint-Joseph), Jrabta, Batroun, Liban Nord, LEBANON website: www.strafqa.org Note: In several Arabic circles, the religious name is Romanized as �Rafka�; the family name as �Choboq�; the baptismal name variably as �Boutrossieh� or �Boutrosiya�. |
8) 08 April in Borgetto, Palermo (Italy)  MARIA ROSA ZANG�RA founder, Daughters of Mercy and of the Cross born: 08 November 1844 in Partinico, Palermo (Italy) competent forum: Monreale CCS protocol number:1430 type of cause: heroic virtues opening of informative process: closing of informative process: 08 June 1982 rescript of �nihil obstat�: 15 September 1989 decree on validity of informative process: publication of Positio: session of historical consultors: particular congress of theological consultors: ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: postulator: petitioner: Figlie della Misericordia e della Croce,Via Giovanni Evangelista di Blasi, 78, 9015 Palermo, ITALY [1945: Teresa Purpura (Maria Stella)] website: www.figliemisericordiaecroce.it |
9) 11 April at Lucca (Italy)  ELENA GUERRA founder, Oblates of the Holy Spirit born: 23 June 1835 in Lucca (Italy) competent forum: Lucca CCS protocol number:174 type of cause: heroic virtues opening of informative process: 1930 closing of informative process: 1932 decree on writings: 21 May 1935 introduction of cause: 05 May 1936 decree � non cultu �: 03 February 1937 opening of apostolic process: 1939 closing of apostolic process: 1940 decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 13 April 1945 antepreparatory congregation: 26 June 1951 preparatory congregation: 20 January 1953 general congregation: 21 April 1953 promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 26 June 1953 opening of apostolic process on 1� miracle for beatification: closing of apostolic process on 1� miracle for beatification: opening of apostolic process on 2� miracle for beatification: closing of apostolic process on 2� miracle for beatification: decree on validity of apostolic process on miracles: 16 October 1953; 26 April 1957 meeting of the Medical Board: antepreparatory congregation on miracles: preparatory congregation on miracles: 14 June 1955; 29 April 1958 general congregation on miracles: 10 February 1959 promulgation of decree on miracles: 11 March 1959 beatification: 26 April 1959 opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 07 March 2013 closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 20 November 2013 decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 09 July 2015 meeting of the Medical Board: 01 June 2023 particular congress of theological consultors: 09 January 2024 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 09 April 2024 promulgation of decree on miracle: 13 April 2024 consistory: 01 July 2024 canonization: 20 October 2024 postulator during canonization: Dr. Paolo Vilotta information: Oblate dello Spirito Santo, P.za S. Agostino, 5, 55100 Lucca, ITALY Oblate dello Spirito Santo, Via Silvestro II, 24, 00167 Roma, ITALY website: www.elenaguerra.it www.oblatespiritosanto.org |
10) 11 April in Dronero, Cuneo (Italy)  BERNARDO MATTIO priest of the diocese of Saluzzo born: 02 January 1845 in Saluzzo, Cuneo (Italy) competent forum: Saluzzo CCS protocol number:2273 type of cause: heroic virtues rescript of �nihil obstat�: 11 March 1999 opening of diocesan inquiry: closing of diocesan inquiry: decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: publication of Positio: 2014 session of historical consultors: October 2014 particular congress of theological consultors: 10 February 2015 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 03 March 2016 postulator: Rev. Federico Lombardi,sj petitioner: Parrocchia Ss. Andrea e Ponzio, P.za Don Mattio, 2, 12025 Dronero (CN), ITALY website: |
11) 09 April in Ceglie Messapica, Brindisi (Italy)  RACHELE LAL�A (MARIA ANTONIA OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS) founder, Dominican Sisters of San Sisto (n.o.) born: 20 May 1839 in Misilmeri, Palermo (Italy) competent forum: Oria CCS protocol number:1498 type of cause: heroic virtues rescript of �nihil obstat�: 13 November 1985 opening of diocesan inquiry: closing of diocesan inquiry: decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 10 October 1986 session of historical consultors: 26 May 1998 publication of Positio: 1999 particular congress of theological consultors: ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 05 June 2015 postulator: Fra Massimo Mancini, op petitioner: Suore Domenicane di San Sisto, Via Druso, 2, 00184 Roma, ITALY website: www.domenicanedisansisto.org |
12) 24 April in Dinan, C�tes-d�Armor (France)  ANGELO MENNI (BENEDETTO) [BENITO MENNI FIGINI] professed priest, Hospitallers of Saint John of God; founder, Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus born: 11 March 1841 in Milan (Italy) competent forum: Madrid CCS protocol number:510 type of cause: heroic virtues opening of informative process: closing of informative process: decree on writings: introduction of cause: 26 February 1964 decree � non cultu �: opening of apostolic process: closing of apostolic process: decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: congress of CCS officials and consultors: plenary session of cardinals and bishops: papal confirmation of plenary session sentence: promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 11 May 1982 opening of informative process on miracle for beatification: closing of informative process on miracle for beatification: decree on validity of informative process on miracle: 03 December 1982 meeting of the Medical Board: 06 April 1984 particular congress of theological consultors: 17 July 1984 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 20 November 1984 promulgation of decree on miracle: 14 December 1984 beatification: 23 June 1985 opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 30 January 1998 meeting of the Medical Board: 18 June 1998 particular congress of theological consultors: 24 November 1998 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 02 March 1999 promulgation of decree on miracle: 26 March 1999 canonization: 21 November 1999 information: Suore Ospedaliere del Sacro Cuore, P.za Salerno, 3, 00161 Rome, ITALY [1883: Mar�a Josefa Recio Mart�n (Mar�a Josefa of the Blessed Sacrament); 1963: Elisa de Jesus Pereira (Maria do Monte)] website: www.hospitalarias.org |
13) 03 May in Paris (France)  �LISABETH LESEUR n�e ARRIGHI layperson of the archdiocese of Paris; married born: 16 October 1866 in Paris (France) competent forum:Paris CCS protocol number: 628 type of cause:heroic virtues opening of informative process: 08 April 1936 closing of informative process: 1949 decree on writings: 27 June 1955 introduction of cause: decree � non cultu �: opening of apostolic process: closing of apostolic process: decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: publication of Positio: session of historical consultors: particular congress of theological consultors: ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: postulator: Fra Massimo Mancini,op petitioner: Fr�res Dominicains ‒ Province de France, 222 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honor�, 75008 Paris, FRANCE website: |
14) 20 May in Drongen, East Flanders (Belgium)  ADOLF PETIT professed priest, Jesuits born: 22 May 1822 in Gent, East Flanders (Belgium) competent forum: Gent CCS protocol number:141 type of cause: heroic virtues opening of informative process: closing of informative process: decree on writings: introduction of cause: 24 February 1937 decree � non cultu �: opening of apostolic process: closing of apostolic process: decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: antepreparatory congregation: preparatory congregation: general congregation: promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 15 December 1966 postulator: Rev. Pascual Cebollada Silvestre,sj petitioner: Jezu�eten - Vlaamse provincie, Drongenplein, 26, 9031 Gent , BELGIUM website: |
15) 29 May in Roma, Maseru (Lesotho)  JOSEPH G�RARD professed priest, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate born: 12 March 1831 in Bouxi�res-aux-Ch�nes, Meurthe-et-Moselle (France) competent forum: Maseru CCS protocol number:470 type of cause: heroic virtues opening of informative process: closing of informative process: decree on writings: introduction of cause: 01 March 1955 decree � non cultu �: opening of apostolic process: closing of apostolic process: decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: congress of CCS officials and consultors: plenary session of cardinals and bishops: papal confirmation of plenary session sentence: promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 13 November 1976 opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 14 March 1986 meeting of the Medical Board: 03 December 1986 particular congress of theological consultors: 13 March 1987 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 19 May 1987 promulgation of decree on miracle: 01 June 1987 beatification: 15 September 1988 postulator: Rev. Diego S�ez Mart�n, omi petitioner: Oblates of Mary Immaculate, P.O. Box 136, Roma 180, LESOTHO website: |
16) 21 August in Rome (Italy)  PIUS X [GIUSEPPE MELCHIORRE SARTO] pope born: 02 June 1835 in Riese, Treviso (Italy) competent forum: Rome CCS protocol number:319 type of cause: heroic virtues opening of informative process: closing of informative process: decree on writings: introduction of cause: 12 February 1943 decree � non cultu �: opening of apostolic process: closing of apostolic process: decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: antepreparatory congregation: preparatory congregation: general congregation: promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 03 September 1950 opening of apostolic process on 1� miracle for beatification: closing of apostolic process on 1� miracle for beatification: opening of apostolic process on 2� miracle for beatification: closing of apostolic process on 2� miracle for beatification: decree on validity of apostolic processes on miracles: meeting of the Medical Board: antepreparatory congregation on miracles: preparatory congregation on miracles: general congregation on miracles: promulgation of decree on miracles: beatification: 03 June 1951 decree on resumption of canonization cause: opening of apostolic process on 1� miracle for canonization: closing of apostolic process on 1� miracle for canonization: opening of apostolic process on 2� miracle for canonization: closing of apostolic process on 2� miracle for canonization: decree on validity of apostolic processes on miracles: meeting of the Medical Board: antepreparatory congregation on miracles: preparatory congregation on miracles: general congregation on miracles: promulgation of decree on miracles: canonization: 29 May 1954 information: Museo San Pio X, Via Roma, 57, 30030 Salzano (VE), ITALY Museo Casa Natale di San Pio X, P.za Pio X, 1, 31039 Riese Pio X (TV), ITALY website: |
17) 22 August in Masamagrell, Valencia (Spain)  FRANCISCO SIM�N R�DENAS (FRANCISCO FROM ORIHUELA) professed priest, Capuchin Franciscans; bishop of Santa Marta born: 02 October 1849 in La Aparecida, Alicante, Orihuela (Spain) competent forum:Valencia/Santa Marta CCS protocol number: 433 type of cause:heroic virtues opening of informative process: closing of informative process: decree on writings: 27 December 1937 introduction of cause: 21 December 1968 decree � non cultu �: opening of apostolic process: closing of apostolic process: decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 27 September 1984 publication of Positio: 1995 session of historical consultors: particular congress of theological consultors: 12 October 2012 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 03 April2014 postulator: Fra Carlo Calloni,ofmcap petitioner: Provincia Capuchina de Valencia, C/ Cirilo Amor�s, 67, 46004 Valencia, SPAIN website: |
18) 21 October in Roehampton, London, England (United Kingdom)  MARY JANET ERSKINE STUART professed religious, Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus born: 11 November 1857 in Cottesmore, Rutlandshire, England (United Kingdom) competent forum: Southwark CCS protocol number:615 type of cause: heroic virtues opening of informative process: closing of informative process: decree on writings: 25 July 1952 introduction of cause: decree � non cultu �: opening of apostolic process: closing of apostolic process: decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: publication of Positio: session of historical consultors: particular congress of theological consultors: ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: postulator: petitioner: Society of the Sacred Heart, 3 Bute Gardens, London, England W6 7DR , UNITED KINGDOM website: |
19) 07 November in Yaound� (Cameroon)  GERHARD HEINRICH VIETER consecrated priest, Pallotines; bishop of the apostolic vicariate of Cameroon born: 13 February 1853 in Cappenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) competent forum:Yaound� CCS protocol number: 3324 type of cause:heroic virtues rescript of �nihil obstat�: 03 June 2017 opening of diocesan inquiry: closing of diocesan inquiry: decree on validity of informative process: publication of Positio: session of historical consultors: particular congress of theological consultors: ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: postulator: Rev. Adam Golec,sac petitioner: Provinzialat der Herz-Jesu-Provinz der Pallottiner, Vinzenz Pallotti-Str. 14 86316 Friedberg, GERMANY Archdioc�se de Yaound�, B.P. 207, Yaound�, CAMEROON website: |
20) 18 November in Wał-Ruda, Radł�w (Poland) in defensum castitatis  KAROLINA K�ZKA young layperson of the diocese of Tarn�w born: 02 August 1898 in Wał-Ruda, Radł�w (Poland) competent forum:Tarn�w CCS protocol number: 1145 type of cause:martyrdom opening of informative process: 11 February 1965 closing of informative process: 1967 decree on writings: 10 September 1977 introduction of cause: 04 March 1981 opening of apostolic process: closing of apostolic process: decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 20 September 1982 publication of Positio: 1983 particular congress of theological consultors: 22 January 1985 ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 07 May 1985 promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 30 June 1986 beatification: 10 June 1987 postulator: petitioner: Sanktuarium Bł. Karoliny K�zk�wny, ul. bł. Karoliny K�zk�wny, 69, 33-133 Zabawa, POLAND website: www.sanktuariumzabawa.pl |
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