~ 1860 ~

1) 05 January in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

        JOHN NEPOMUCENE [JAN NEPOMUCKÝ] NEUMANN
        professed priest, Redemptorists;

                archbishop of Philadelphia;

                founder, Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia

        born: 28 March 1811 in Prachatitz, Jihoceský kraj (Czech Republic)
       

        competent diocese: Philadelphia

        CCS protocol number: 855

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 15 December 1896

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic inquiry:

        closing of apostolic inquiry:

        validation of diocesan and apostolic inquiries:

        antepreparatory congregation:

        preparatory congregation:

        general congregation: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 11 December 1921

            opening of diocesan inquiry on first miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on first miracle for beatification: 

            opening of diocesan inquiry on second miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on second miracle for beatification: 

            validation of inquiry on miracles:

            antepreparatory congregation on miracles:

            preparatory congregation on miracles:

            general congregation on miracles:

            promulgation of decree on miracles:

        beatification: 13 October 1963

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            validation of inquiry on miracle:

            promulgation of decree on miracles:
        canonization: 19 June 1977

       
        information: St. John Neumann Shrine, 1019 N. 5th St., Philadelphia, PA 19123, USA

                                 Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia, 609 S. Convent Road, Aston, PA 19014, USA

        website:
   
   

2) 02 April in Padua (Italy)

        ELISABETTA VENDRAMINI
        founder, Franciscan Elizabethan Sisters
        born: 09 April 1790 in Bassano del Grappa, Vicenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Padua

        CCS protocol number: 584

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors: 10 March 1987

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 18 February 1989

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:

        beatification: 04 November 1990

        postulator:

        petitioner: Suore Francescane Elisabettine, Via Beato Pellegrino, 40, 35137 Padova, ITALY
        website:

3) 15 April in Florence (Italy) 
   

        ANNA MARIA FIORELLI LAPINI
        widow; founder, Poor Daughters of the Holy Stigmata of Saint Francis (n.o.)
        born: 27 May 1809 in Florence (Italy)

        competent diocese: Florence

        CCS protocol number: 137

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 23 January 1918

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio: 1995

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors: 25 February 2003

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 12 April 2003

        postulator:

        petitioner: Povere Figlie delle Sacre Stimmate, Viale del Forte Trionfale, 26, 00135 Roma, ITALY

        website:

 

4) 22 May in Verona (Italy)

        TEODORA CAMPOSTRINI
        founder, Minim Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Sorrows (n.o.)
        born: 26 October 1788 in Verona (Italy)

        competent diocese: Verona

        CCS protocol number: 1036

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings: 21 December 1968

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Sorelle Minime della Carità di Maria Addolorata, Via S. Maria in Organo, 2, 37129 Verona, ITALY

        website:
   

5) 18 June in Zahleh, Al Biqā‘ (Lebanon)

        EDOUARD BILLOTET AND 4 JESUIT COMPANIONS OF ZAHLÉ

        EDOUARD BILLOTET
        professed priest, Jesuits
        born: 23 May 1812 in Villefrancon, Haute-Saône (France)
        FERDINANDO BONACINA
        professed religious, Jesuits
        born: 07 April 1804 in Gavassetto, Reggio Emilia (Italy)
        ELYĀS YŪNES (الياس  يونس)
        professed religious, Jesuits
        born: 1830 in El Metn, Jabal Lubnān (Lebanon)
        HABĪB MAKSŪD (ﺣﺒﻳﺐ  ﻣﻜﺴﻮﺫ)
        professed religious, Jesuits
        born: 27 September 1810 in Zahleh, Al Biqā‘ (Lebanon)
        ĀLFŪNS HAYDAR HUBAYSH (ألفونس  حبيش  حيدر)

        professed religious, Jesuits
        born: 31 May 1815 in Ghazīr, Kesrwan, Jabal Lubnān (Lebanon)
 

        CCS protocol number: 441
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 12 October 1932   

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        nihil obstat:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        petitioner: Pères Jésuites, Rue de l’Université Saint-Joseph, BP 166 775 – Achrafieh, Beyrouth, 110 2150 LEBANON

        website:

6) 23 June in Turin (Italy)

        GIUSEPPE CAFASSO
        priest of the archdiocese of Turin
        born: 15 January 1811 in Castelnuovo d’Asti (Italy)
        CCS protocol number: 409
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 23 May 1906

        decree “non cultu”:

        opening of apostolic inquiry:

        closing of apostolic inquiry:

        validation of diocesan and apostolic inquiries:

        antepreparatory congregation:

        preparatory congregation:

        general congregation: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 27 February 1921

            opening of diocesan inquiry on first miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on first miracle for beatification: 

            opening of diocesan inquiry on second miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on second miracle for beatification: 

            validation of inquiry on miracles:

            antepreparatory congregation on miracles:

            preparatory congregation on miracles:

            general congregation on miracles:

            promulgation of decree on miracles:

        beatification: 03 May 1925

            opening of diocesan inquiry on first miracle for canonization: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on first miracle for canonization: 

            opening of diocesan inquiry on second miracle for canonization: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on second miracle for canonization: 

            validation of inquiry on miracles:

            antepreparatory congregation on miracles:

            preparatory congregation on miracles:

            general congregation on miracles:

            promulgation of decree on miracles:

        canonization: 22 June 1947

       
        information: Santuario della Consolata, Via M. Adelaide, 2, 10122 Torino, ITALY

        website:
       

       
7) 9-10 July in Damascus (Syria)
       

        MANUEL RUIZ LÓPEZ AND 7 COMPANION MARTYRS

        FROM THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS MINOR OF DAMASCUS

        ALONG WITH FRANSĪS, ‘ABD AL-MU‛TĪ, AND RŪFAYĪL MASĀBKĪ

        MANUEL RUIZ LÓPEZ
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 05 May 1804 in San Martín de Ollas, Burgos (Spain)
        CARMELO BOLTA BAÑULS
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 29 March 1803 in Borjas, Gandía, Valencia (Spain)
        ENGELBERT KOLLAND
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 21 September 1827 in Ramsau, Zell am See, Salzburg (Austria)
        NICANOR ASCANIO DE SORIA
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 10 January 1814 in Villarejo de Salvanés, Madrid (Spain)
        PEDRO SOLER MÉNDEZ
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 28 April 1827 in Lorca, Murcia (Spain)
        NICOLÁS MARÍA ALBERCA TORRES
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 10 September 1830 in Aguilar de la Frontera, Córdoba (Spain)
        FRANCISCO PINAZO PEÑALVER
        professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 26 August 1802 in Chopo, Alpuente, Valencia (Spain)
        JUAN JACOBO FERNÁNDEZ y FERNÁNDEZ
        professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 25 July 1808 in Moire, Carballeda, Orense (Spain)
        FRANSĪS MASĀBKĪ (ﻲﻗﺑﺎﺳﻣ  ﺱﻳﺳﻧﺮﻓ) (*)
        layperson of the archdiocese of Damascus of the Maronites; married
        born: ? in Damascus (Syria)
        ‘ABD AL-MU‛TĪ MASĀBKĪ (ﻲﻗﺑ ﺎﺳﻣ ﻲﺗﻣﻟﺍ ﺩﺒﻋ) (*)
        layperson of the archdiocese of Damascus of the Maronites; married
        born: ? in Damascus (Syria)
        RŪFAYĪL MASĀBKĪ (ﻲﻗﺑﺎﺳﻣ ﻝﻳﺌﺎﻓﻭﺮ) (*)
        layperson of the archdiocese of Damascus of the Maronites
        born: ? in Damascus (Syria)
   

        CCS protocol number: 1740

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 17 December 1885

        opening of apostolic inquiry:

        closing of apostolic inquiry:

        validation of diocesan and apostolic inquiries: 11 June 1924

        decree on writings: 23 July 1924

        decree “non cultu”: 23 July 1924

        antepreparatory congregation: 18 August 1925

        preparatory congregation:  19 January 1926

        general congregation: 17 April 1926

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 02 May 1926; 07 October 1926 (*)
        beatification: 10 October 1926

        postulator:

        petitioner: St. Saviour’s Monastery, St. Francis St., 1, P.O. Box 186, 91001 Jerusalem, ISRAEL
                             [1895: Salvatore Lilli from Cappadocia and 7 Armenian Companion Martyrs]

        website:

 

8) 31 July in Zula, Semenawi Keih Bahri (Eritrea)

        GIUSTINO DE JACOBIS
        professed priest, Vincentians;

                apostolic vicar of Abyssinia (now Addis Ababa)
        born: 09 October 1800 in San Fele, Potenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Addis Ababa
        CCS protocol number: 9

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of diocesan inquiry: 1891

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 1894

        decree on writings: 01 May 1902

        introduction of cause: 13 July 1904

        decree “non cultu”: 28 June 1905

        opening of apostolic inquiry: 1904

        closing of apostolic inquiry: 1913

        validation of diocesan and apostolic inquiries: 09 December 1915

        antepreparatory congregation: 02 June 1931

        preparatory congregation: 09 April 1935

        general congregation: 16 July 1935

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 28 July 1935

            opening of diocesan inquiry on first miracle for beatification: 1929

            closing of diocesan inquiry on first miracle for beatification: 1930

            opening of diocesan inquiry on second miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on second miracle for beatification: 

            validation of inquiry on miracles: 03 February 1937

            promulgation of decree on miracles: 14 May 1939
        beatification: 25 June 1939

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            validation of inquiry on miracle:

            promulgation of decree on miracles:
        canonization: 26 October 1975

       
        information: St. Justin de Jacobis v. Provincial House, P.O. Box 364, Asmara, ERITREA

        website:

 

9) 10 August in Agrigento (Italy)

        ROSARIO ADDUCA

        professed religious, Redemptorists

        born: 06 October 1793 in Maschito, Potenza (Italy)

        CCS protocol number:
        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Associazione Pro Loco “Fra Rosario Adduca”, Via Dante, 25, 85020 Agrigento, ITALY

        website:
           

10) 11 October in Rome (Italy)

        JÓZEFA KARSKA (MARIA JÓZEFA OF JESUS CRUCIFIED)
        cofounder, Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin
        born: 07 April 1823 in Olchowiec, Lubuskie (Poland)
        CCS protocol number: 580
        nihil obstat: *

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:

        petitioner: [see 1911:Marcelina Darowska (Maria Marcelina of the Immaculate Conception)]

        website:

Note: The decree to translate the process into French was issued on 06 November 1970. 

11) 29 October in Secondigliano, Naples (Italy)

        GAETANO ERRICO
        priest of the archdiocese of Naples;
                founder, Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
        born: 19 October 1791 in Secondigliano, Naples (Italy)
        CCS protocol number: 818
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 18 December 1884

        decree “non cultu”:

        opening of apostolic inquiry:

        closing of apostolic inquiry:

        validation of diocesan and apostolic inquiries:

        antepreparatory congregation:

        preparatory congregation:

        general congregation: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 04 October 1974

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 14 April 2002

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:

        canonization: 12 October 2008

        information: Missionari dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e di Maria, Via dei Falegnami, 23, 00186 Roma, ITALY

                                 Missionari dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e di Maria, Via Dante, 2, 80144 Secondigliano (NA), ITALY
                                 [1898: Raffaele Mennella]
        website:

12) 03 December in Trent (Italy)

        JOHANN NEPOMUK VON TSCHIDERER VON GLEIFHEIM
        bishop of Trent
        born: 15 April 1777 in Bolzano (Italy)
        CCS protocol number: 404
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings: 16 April 1885

        introduction of cause: 27 May 1886

        decree “non cultu”:

        opening of apostolic inquiry:

        closing of apostolic inquiry:

        validation of diocesan and apostolic inquiries:

        antepreparatory congregation:

        preparatory congregation:

        general congregation: 08 June 1943

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 04 July 1968

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 29 April 1995

        postulator:

        petitioner: Arcidiocesi di Trento, P.za Fierra 1, 38100 Trento, ITALY
        website:

13) 21 December in  Koblenz, Rhineland Palatinate (Germany)

        PETER FRIEDHOFEN
        founder, Brothers of Mercy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

        born: 25 February 1819 in Weitersburg, Rhineland Palatinate (Germany)
        CCS protocol number: 401
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        session of historical consultors: 06 May 1981

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors: 03 May 1983

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 05 July 1983

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 24 September 1983

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 14 December 1984
        beatification: 23 June 1985

        postulator:

        petitioner: Barmherzige Brüder von Maria Helf,  Nordallee 1, Postfach 2506, 54292 Trier, GERMANY
        website:

14) 26 December in Ploërmel, Morbihan (France)

        JEAN-MARIE ROBERT DE LA MENNAIS
        priest of the diocese of Vannes;

                founder, Brothers of Christian Instruction of Ploërmel
                and Daughters of Providence of Saint-Brieuc
        born: 08 September 1780 Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine (France)
        CCS protocol number: 426
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 22 March 1911

        decree “non cultu”:

        opening of apostolic inquiry:

        closing of apostolic inquiry:

        validation of diocesan and apostolic inquiries:

        antepreparatory congregation:

        preparatory congregation:

        general congregation: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 15 December 1966

        postulator:

        petitioner: Frères de l’Instruction Chrétienne de Ploërmel, 1 bd Foch, BP 35, 56801 Ploërmel, FRANCE
                             Filles de la Providence de Saint-Brieuc, 36, ave. de Fontainebleau, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, FRANCE

        website:
               

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