~ 1930 ~

1) 04 January in Monte Argentario, Grosseto (Italy)

        NAZARENO SANTOLINI (NAZARENO OF MARY IMMACULATE)

        professed priest, Passionists
        born: 23 October 1859 in Caldarola, Macerata (Italy)

        competent diocese: Grosseto/Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello

        CCS protocol number: 791

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 19 June 1982

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 05 October 1984

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 07 September 1989

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp

        petitioner: Pp. Passionisti, Presentazione, 58015 Orbetello (GR), ITALY

        website:
       

           
2) 10 January in Milan (Italy)

        LUDOVICO [VICO] NECCHI VILLA

        layperson of the archdiocese of Milan; married;

                member, Secular Franciscans
        born: 19 November 1876 in Milan (Italy)

        competent diocese: Milan

        CCS protocol number: 501

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 07 January 1951

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        commission of CCS officials and consultors:

        plenary session of cardinals:

        papal confirmation of plenary session sentence:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 14 June 1971

        postulator: Fra Luca De Rosa, ofm        

        petitioner: Postulazione, Via Malcesine 97, 00135 Rome, ITALY

        website:

3) 14 January in Vercelli (Italy)
   

        ALFONSA CLERICI

        professed religious, Sisters of the Most Precious Blood of Monza (n.o.)
        born: 24 February 1860 in Lainate, Milan (Italy)

        competent diocese: Vercelli

        CCS protocol number: 1162

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 1966

        closing of informative process: 1969

        decree on validity of informative process: 18 November 1988

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors: 10 February 2004

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 01 June 2004

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 22 June 2004

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 05 November 2004

            session of medical consultors:

        postulator: Sr. Santina Dino, sps
        petitioner: [see 1882: Maria Matilde Bucchi (Maria)]

        website: www.preziosine.it
       

4) 24 January in Penne, Pescara (Italy)

        PASQUALE CANZII

        cleric of the archdiocese of Pescara-Penne
        born: 06 November 1914 in Bisenti, Teramo (Italy)

        competent diocese: Pescara-Penne

        CCS protocol number: 2267

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 26 January 1999

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Arcidiocesi di Pescara-Penne, P.za dello Spirito Santo, 5, 65121 Pescara, ITALY

                             Causa Pasqualino Canzii, Via Duca degli Abruzzi, 10, 64033 Bisenti (TE), ITALY

        website:
           

       
5) 28 January in Brescia (Italy)

        MOSÈ TOVINI

        priest of the diocese of Brescia
        born: 27 December 1877 in Cividate Camuno, Brescia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Brescia

        CCS protocol number: 1221

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 15 October 1981

        opening of cognitional process:

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 12 April 2003

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 19 December 2005
        beatification: 17 September 2006

        postulator: Mons. Vittorio Formenti
        petitioner: Santuario delle Grazie, Via Grazie, 13, 25122 Brescia, ITALY

        website:
      

6) 16 February in Camaro Superiore, Messina (Italy)

        MARIA CARMELA GIANNETTO (MARIA FRANCESCA)
        professed religious, Daughters of Mary Immaculate (n.o.)
        born: 30 April 1902 in Camaro Superiore, Messina (Italy)

        competent diocese: Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela

        CCS protocol number: 1671

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 April 1989

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 26 February 1993

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: [see 1960: Brigida Maria Postorino]

        website:
           

7) 22 February in Saïda, Al Janūb (Lebanon)

        SÉLIM ABŪ MRĀD (BSHĀRAH) [(سليم ابو مراد  (بــشــارة]

        professed priest, Basilian Salvatorians
        born: 19 May 1853 in Zahleh, Al Biqā‘ (Lebanon)

        competent eparchy: Saïda of the Melkites

        CCS protocol number: 1413

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 08 June 1983

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 18 March 1994

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1998

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Couvent Saint-Elie, (Jeita), B.P.N. 1216, Jounieh, LEBANON

        website:

Note: In several Arabic circles, the baptismal name is invariably Romanized as “Salim”; the family name as “Abu Murad,” “Abou Mrad,” “Abumrad,” etc.; the religious name as “Becharra,” Bechara,” “Bchara,” “Bcharra,” “Bichara,” “Beshara,” “Besharra,” “Bshara,” “Bsharra,” etc. In the Positio, the Romanization of the religious name is “Béchara Abou-Mourad.”
   

8) 26 February in Rome (Italy)

        RAFAEL MERRY DEL VAL ZULUETA

        priest of the vicariate of Rome; cardinal
        born: 10 October 1865 in London (Great Britain)

        competent diocese: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 817

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings: 08 October 1956

        introduction of cause:

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:
        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Pontificio Collegio Spagnolo di S. Giuseppe, Via di Torre Rossa, 2, 00165 Roma, ITALY

        website:

9) 20 April in Ancona (Italy)

        ROSA DIOTALLEVI

        young layperson of the diocese of Senigallia;

                member, Secular Franciscans
        born: 16 April 1908 in Montemarciano, Ancona (Italy)

        competent diocese: Senigallia

        CCS protocol number: 561

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process: 04 June 1946
        closing of informative process:

        nihil obstat:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Diocesi di Senigallia, P.za Garibaldi 3, 60019 Senigallia (AN), ITALY

        website:
       
       

10) 01 May in Milan (Italy)
   

        ERMINIO FILIPPO PAMPURI (RICCARDO)

        professed religious, Hospitallers of Saint John of God
        born: 02 August 1897 in Trivolzio, Pavia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Milan
        CCS protocol number: 699

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 1949

        closing of informative process: 1951

        decree on writings: 04 May 1954

        introduction of cause: 10 July 1970

        decree “non-cultu”: 05 February 1971

        opening of apostolic process: 1971

        closing of apostolic process: 1971

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 03 December 1971

        commission of CCS officials and consultors: 29 November 1977

        plenary session of cardinals: 21 February 1978

        papal confirmation of plenary session sentence: 13 April 1978

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 12 June 1978

            opening of apostolic process on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 04 October 1981   

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        canonization: 01 November 1989

       
        information: Fatebenefratelli, Via S. Vittore, 12, 20123 Milano, ITALY

                                 Parrocchia dei SS. MM. Cornelio e Cipriano, Via Perotti, 7, 27020 Trivolzio (PV), ITALY

        website:
       

11) 02 May in Granada (Spain)

        ISABEL GÓMEZ RODRÍGUEZ (INÉS OF JESUS)

        cofounder, Daughters of Christ the King (n.o.)
        born: 14 March 1847 in Albuñol, Granada (Spain)

        competent diocese: Granada (Spain)

        CCS protocol number: 2003

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 December 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: [see 1918: José Gras Granollers]

        website:
           

12) 11 June in Isny, Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

        GERTRAUD VON BULLION

        layperson of the diocese of Augsburg;

                cofounder, Ladies of Schönstatt
        born: 11 September 1891 in Würzburg, Bavaria (Germany)

        competent diocese: Augsburg

        CCS protocol number: 2313

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 05 October 1999 (from the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart)

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Frauen von Schönstatt, Haus Regina, Höhrer Str. 103, 56179 Vallendar, GERMANY

        website:
       

       
13) 14 July in San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

        MIGUEL DE LA MORA y MORA

        bishop of San Luis Potosí
        born: 14 August 1874 in Ixtlahuacán del Rio, Jalisco (Mexico)

        competent diocese: San Luis Potosí

        CCS protocol number: 1082

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 20 September 1980

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Arquidiócesis de San Luis Potosí, Calle Francisco Madero, N. 300, Apdo. N. 1,

                                 78000 San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., MEXICO

        website:    

14) 16 August in Popayán, Cauca (Colombia)
       

        TORIBIO MAYA SARMIENTO

        layperson of the diocese of Popayán
        born: 27 April 1848 in Popayán, Cauca (Colombia)

        competent diocese: Popayán

        CCS protocol number: 799

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on validity of dinformative process: 09 May 1997

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Fernando Rojo Martínez, osa

        petitioner: Vicepostulación, A.A.593, Calle 5, N. 6-71, Popayán, COLOMBIA

        website:
       

15) 14 September in Maleo, Lodi (Italy)

        PIETRO DOMENICO TRABATTONI

        priest of the diocese of Lodi
        born: in 26 February 1848 in Iseo, Brescia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Lodi

        CCS protocol number: 907

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 16 December 1972

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        commission of CCS officials and consultors:

        plenary session of cardinals:

        papal confirmation of plenary session sentence:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 07 July 1977

        postulator:
        petitioner: Parrocchia dei SS. Gervasio e Protasio, P.za XXV Aprile, 20076 Maleo (LO), ITALY

        website:

   

16) 31 October in Gikondi, Nyeri (Kenya)

        MARIA MERCEDE STEFANI (IRENE)

        professed religious, Consolata Missionary Sisters
        born: 22 August 1891 in Anfo, Brescia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Nyeri

        CCS protocol number: 1483

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 22 July 1985

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Centro Studi Suor Irene Stefani, Via Coazze, 1, 10138 Torino, ITALY

        website:

17)  12 November near Shichuang, Shaanxi (China) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        GIOVANNI SOGGIU

        professed priest, Franciscan Conventuals;

                apostolic prefect of Hinganfu (a.k.a. Ankang)

        born: 04 April 1883 in Norbello, Oristano (Italy)

        competent diocese: Oristano

        CCS protocol number: 2473

        type of cause: martyrdom

        competentia fori: 15 March 2002 (from the apostolic prefecture of Hinganfu)

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Convento San Francesco, P.za Duomo, 10, 09170 Oristano, ITALY

        website:

18) 15 November in Pamplona, Navarra (Spain)

        CIPRIANO ALASO ARANGUREN

        priest of the archdiocese of Pamplona-Tudela
        born: 16 September 1868 in Pamplona, Navarra (Spain)

        competent diocese: Pamplona-Tudela

        CCS protocol number: 1573

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        CCS protocol number: 1573
        nihil obstat: 09 October 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops

        postulator:
        petitioner: Seminario Conciliar de Pamplona, Baja Navarra, 64, 31006 Pamplona/Iruña, SPAIN

        website:
   

19) 21 November in Rome (Italy)

        CLELIA MERLONI

        founder, Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
        born: 10 March 1861 in Forlí (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 1725

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 May 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Apostole del Sacro Cuore di Gesù, Via Germano Sommeiler 38, 00185 Rome, ITALY

        website:

20) 10 December in Barcelona (Spain)

        JACINT ALEGRE PUJALS

        professed priest, Jesuits
        born:24 December 1874 in Terrassa, Barcelona (Spain)

        competent diocese: Barcelona

        CCS protocol number: 868

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on validity of informative process: 10 December 1999

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Vice-Postulación, C/ Palau, 3, 08002 Barcelona, SPAIN
                             Cottolengo del P. Alegra, carretera del Carmel, 19, 08024 Barcelona, SPAIN

        website:
   

21) 15 December in Córdoba (Argentina)
       

        JOSÉ LEÓN TORRES

        professed priest, Mercedarians;

                founder, Mercedarian Tertiary Sisters of the Child Jesus (n.o.)
        born: 15 April 1849 in Luyaba, Córdoba (Argentina)

        competent diocese: Córdoba (Argentina)

        CCS protocol number: 914

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 26 April 1957

        closing of informative process: 1958

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 16 December 1972

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process: 1973

        closing of apostolic process: 1974

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 06 October 1978

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors: 26 October 1993

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 01 March 1994

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 26 March 1994

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

        postulator: Rev. José Zaporta Pallarés, o de m
        petitioner: Hermanas Terciaras Mercedarias del Niño Jesús, Castelar 660, X5001ASN Córdoba, ARGENTINA

        website: www.hermanasmercedarias.com.ar

22) 21 December in São Paulo (Brazil)
       

        ANTÔNIO DA ROCHA MARMO [ANTONINHO]

        child of the archdiocese of São Paulo
        born: 19 October 1918 in São Paulo (Brazil)

        competent diocese: São Paulo

        CCS protocol number: 2813

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 27 November 2007

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        session of historical consultors:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Processo de Beatificação e Canonizção de Antoninho , Rua Dr. Alceu de Campos Rodrigues 473 – Vila Olímpia

                                    04544–001 – São Paulo – SP, BRAZIL

        website: www.antoninho.com.br

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