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FIVE Degrees PROMULGATED

VATICAN CITY - Today, 21 February, Pope Leo XIV received His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. During the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Dicastery to promulgate decrees regarding:

G.M. Nicolas	B. Abū-Mrād	F. Lombardi	T. Koodalloor	F. Gei

- the heroic virtues and the confirmation of cultus since time immemorial of the Servant of God Gilbert Nicolas (in religion: Gabriel-Maria), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor and founder of the Order of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Annonciades); born c. 1462 near Riom, Puy-de-Dôme (France) and died on 27 August 1532 in Rodez, Aveyron (France);

- the miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God SÉLIM ABŪ MRĀD (in religion: BSHĀRAH), professed priest of the Order of the Basilian Salvatorians of the Melkites; born on 19 May 1853 in Zahleh, Al Biqā‘ (Lebanon) and died on 22 February 1930 in Saïda, Al Janūb (Lebanon); heroic virtues confirmed on 10 December 2010;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Francesco Lombardi, priest of the diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo, born on 24 February 1851 in Terzorio, Imperia (Italy) , and died on 12 February 1922 in Bussana, Imperia (Italy);

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Michael Koodalloor (in religion: Theophane), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; born on 20 July 1913 in Kottappuram, Thrissur (India), and died on 4 April 1968 in Ponnurunni, Kochi, Ernakulam (India); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Fausto Gei, layperson of the diocese of Brescia and member of the Association of the Silent Workers of the Cross; born on 24 March 1927 in Brescia (Italy), and died there on 28 March 1968.

Posted by:

Charles G. Braganza 

Date:

21/02/2026

Six Degrees PROMULGATED

VATICAN CITY - Today, 22 January, Pope Leo XIV received His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints, in a private audience. During the audience, the Holy Father authorized the Dicastery to promulgate decrees regarding:

M.I. Isacchi	A.R. Ramírez	T. Relucenti	C. Militerni	M.I. Villela	N. Cobianchi

- the miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God ANGELA CATERINA [ANCILLA] ISACCHI (in religion: MARIA IGNAZIA), founder of the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Asola; born on 8 May 1857 in Stezzano, Bergamo (Italy), and died on 19 August 1934 in Seriate, Bergamo (Italy); heroic virtues confirmed on 17 December 2022;

- the martyrdom of the Servant of God augusto Rafael RAMírez Monasterio, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor; born on 5 November 1937 in Guatemala City (Guatemala), and killed there in odium fidei on 7 November 1983;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Tecla Antonia Relucenti (in religion: TECLA MARIA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION), cofounder of the Congregation of the Pious Worker Sisters of the Immaculate Conception; born on 23 September 1704 in Ascoli Piceno (Italy), and died there on 11 July 1769;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Teresa Militerni (in religion: Crocifissa), professed religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist, born on 24 December 1874 in Cetraro, Cosenza (Italy), and died there on 25 March 1925;

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Maria Giselda Villela (in religion: Maria Imaculada of the Holy Trinity), professed nun of the Order of Discalced Carmelites; born on 8 July 1909 in Sapucaí, Jacutinga, Minas Gerais (Brazil), and died on 20 January 1988 in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais (Brazil); and,

- the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Nerino Cobianchi, layperson of the diocese of Vigevano; married; born on 25 June 1945 in Velezzo Lomellina, Pavia (Italy), and died on 3 January 1998 in Cilavegna, Pavia (Italy).

Posted by:

Charles G. Braganza 

Date:

22/01/2026