1) 12 January in Hersbruck, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur                         

        Teresio Olivelli

        layperson from the diocese of Vigevano

        born: 07 January 1916 in Bellagio, Como (Italy)

        competent diocese: Vigevano

        protocol number: 1556 

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 29 March 1987

        nihil obstat: 19 January 1988

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 16 September 1989

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 27 March 1992

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Diocesi di Vigevano, P.za S. Ambrogio, 14, 27029 Vigevano (PV), ITALY

        website:

2) 15 January in Avutapally, Andhra Pradesh (India)

        JOSEPH THAMBY

        layperson of the diocese of Vijayawada;

                member, Secular Franciscans

        born: 1883 (?) in Indochina (present day Vietnam)

        competent diocese: Vijayawada

        protocol number: 2689

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 15 October 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 June 2007

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Diocese of Vijayawada, Ring Road, Vijayawada,  520 008, Krishna Dist., Andhra Pradesh, INDIA

                             Br. Joseph Thamby Ashram, Avuttappally, 521 286, Krishna Dist., Andhra Pradesh, INDIA

        website:

3) 23 January in Plötzensee prison, Berlin (Germany) in odium fidei    

        Nikolaus Gross  

        layperson of the diocese of Essen; married

        born: 30 September 1898 in Niederwenigern, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)  

        competent diocese: Essen

        protocol number: 1584 

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 19 January 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 13 November 1998

        publication year of Positio: 2000

        meeting of theological consultors: 25 May 2001

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 03 July 2001

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 07 July 2001

        beatification: 07 October 2001

        postulator:
        petitioner: Seligsprechungsprozeß N. Gross, Elisenstraße 9, 45139 Essen, GERMANY

        website:

4) 10 February in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        Giovanni Palatucci

        layperson of the vicariate of Rome

        born: 31 May 1909 in Montella, Avellino (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        protocol number: 2297

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 23 April 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 09 October 2002

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 10 February 2004

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Associazione “Giovanni Palatucci”, Via Panisperna, 200, 00184 Roma,  ITALY

        website: www.associazionegiovannipalatucci.it

5) 22 February in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur                                

        Richard Henkes

        professed priest, Pallotines

        born: 26 May 1900 in Ruppach, Westerwald, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)    

        competent diocese: Limburg

        protocol number: 2493

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 04 September 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 May 2003

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 23 January 2007

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Pallotiner, Wiesbadener Str. 1, 65549 Limburg, GERMANY

        website:

6) 23 February in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei                                

        Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

        priest of the diocese of Toruń

        born: 22 January 1913 in Chełmża, Kujawsko Pomorskie (Poland)        

        competent diocese: Toruń

        protocol number: 1933

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 12 November 1993

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 16 February 1999

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 26 March 1999

        beatification: 07 June 1999

        postulator:
        petitioner: Diecezja Toruńska, ul. Łazienna 18, 87-100 Toruń, POLAND

        website:

7) 24 February in Erlangen, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur                              

        Josef Mayr-Nusser    

        layperson of the diocese of Bolzano; married                              

        born: 27 December 1910 in Bolzano (a.k.a. Bozen) (Italy)                           

        competent diocese: Bolzano

        protocol number: 1786

        type of cause: martyrdom

        competentia fori: 23 February 1991 (from the diocese of  )
        nihil obstat: 30 September 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 24 February 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 19 March 2007

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Vicepostulazione, Via Plose, 5, 39042 Bressanone (BZ), ITALY

        website:

8) 26 February in Castiglione, Verbania (Italy) in odium fidei, uti fertur                              

        GIUSEPPE ROSSI

        priest of the diocese of Novara

        born: 03 November 1912 in Varallo Pombia, Novara (Italy)                           

        competent diocese: Novara

        protocol number: 2424

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 07 September 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 10 March 2006

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Parrocchia di S. Gottardo, 28873 Calasca Castiglione (VB), ITALY

        website:

9) 02 March in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur                                

        Hubert Unzeitig (Engelmar) 

        professed priest, Mariannhill Missionaries

        born: 01 March 1911 in Hřebečsko (a.k.a. Greifendorf, Schönhengstgau),

                        Pardubický (then in Germany; today in the Czech Republic)                       

        competent diocese: Würzburg

        protocol number: 1634

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 05 September 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: [see 1909: Wendelin Pfanner (Franz)]

        website:

10) 07 March in Flossenbürg, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur 

        Gedeone Corrà

        layperson of the diocese of Verona

        born: 08 September 1920 in Salizzole, Verona (Italy)

        competent diocese: Verona

        protocol number: 2358

        type of cause: martyrdom

        competentia fori: 06 July 2000 (to the diocese of Verona)
        nihil obstat: 26 July 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: [see 1945: Flavio Corrà]

        website:

11) 16 March in Velika Polana, Prekmurje (Slovenia) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        Danijel Halas

        priest of the archdiocese of Maribor

        born: 24 June 1908 in Črenšovci, Prekmurje (Slovenia)   

        competent diocese: Maribor

        protocol number: 2330

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 22 February 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: [see 1862: Anton Martin Slomšek]

        website:

12) 19 March in Mauthausen, Upper Austria (Austria) in odium fidei                

        Marcel Callo 

        young layperson of the diocese of Rennes;

                member, Young Christian Workers (Jocists)

        born: 06 December 1921 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine (France)                       

        competent diocese: Rennes

        protocol number: 1158

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 March 1968

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 19 March 1969

        introduction of cause: 07 January 1982

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 01 June 1987

        beatification: 04 October 1987

        postulator:
        petitioner: Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne (JOC-JOCF), 45 rue de Brest, CS 34210,

                                     35042 Rennes cédex, France

        website:

13) 23 March in Litér, Veszprém (Hungary) in defensum castitatis, uti fertur
   
        BÓDI MÁRIA MAGDOLNA
        young layperson of the archdiocese of Veszprém
        born: 08 August 1921 in Szigliget, Veszprém (Hungary)
       

        competent diocese: Veszprém

        protocol number:
        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat:
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Jézus Szíve Plébánia, Jókai M. u. 39, 8175 Balatonfűzfő, HUNGARY

                             Litér Község Önkormányzata, Álmos u. 23, 8196 Litér, HUNGARY

        website:

14) 28 March  in Sztutowo (a.k.a. Stutthof), Pomorskie (Poland) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        Alfonsas Lipniūnas

        priest of the diocese of Panevėžys

        born: 12 March 1905 in Talkonių, Panevėžio rajonas (Lithuania)

        competent diocese: Panevėžys
        protocol number: 2688

        type of cause: martyrdom

        competentia fori: 24 November 2005 (from the diocese of )

        nihil obstat: 30 September 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Panevėžio vyskupijos kurija, Upytės g. 3, 35248 Panevėžys, LITHUANIA

        website:

15) 30 March in Ravensbrück, Brandenburg (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        Élise Rivet (Élisabeth of the Eucharist)

        professed religious, Religious Sisters of Saint Elizabeth of Our Lady of Compassion (n.o.)

                [now part of the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Paris (n.o.)]

        born: 20 January 1890 in Draria, Alger (Algeria)

        competent diocese: Lyons

        protocol number: 1986

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 12 March 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Augustines de Notre-Dame de Paris, 66, Rue des Plantes, 75674 Paris – cedex 14, FRANCE

        website:

16) 01 April in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        Giuseppe Girotti

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: 19 July 1905 in Alba, Cuneo (Italy)

        competent diocese: Turin

        protocol number: 1655

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 13 January 1989

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio: 2003

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

17) 02 April in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron (Hungary) in odium fidei                

        Apor Vilmos

        bishop of Győr

        born: 29 February 1892 in Sighişoara (a.k.a. Segesvár), Mureş

                            (then in Hungary; today in Romania)  

        competent diocese: Győr

        protocol number: 1770

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 05 March 1991

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 07 July 1997

        beatification: 09 November 1997

        postulator:
        petitioner: Egyházmegyei Hatóság, Káptalandomb 1, 9021 Győr, HUNGARY

        website:

18) 04 April in Brentana di Sulbiate, Milan (Italy)
       
        MARIO CICERI
        priest of the archdiocese of Milan
        born: 08 September 1900 in Veduggio, Milan (Italy)
                       

        competent diocese: Milan

        protocol number: 2509

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 14 December 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Parrocchia di S. Antonino, P.za Giovanni XXIII, 1, 20050 Brentana di Sulbiate (MI), ITALY

        website:

19) 07 April in Flossenbürg, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        Flavio Corrà

        layperson of the diocese of Verona

        born: 07 April 1917 in Salizzole, Verona (Italy)

        competent diocese: Verona

        protocol number: 2359

        type of cause: martyrdom

        competentia fori: 06 July 2000 (to the diocese of Verona)
        nihil obstat: 26 July 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Amici dei Fratelli Corrà, Via Matteotti, 11, 37063 Isola della Scala (VE), ITALY

                             [1945: Gedeona Corrà]

        website:

20) 13 April in Piani di Monchio, Modena (Italy) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        ROLANDO RIVI

        seminarian of the diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla

        born: 07 January 1931 in Castellarano, Reggio Emilia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Modena-Nonantola

        protocol number: 2684

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 30 September 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Parrocchia di Ss. Eleucadio e Valentino, Via Rontano,

                                      42014 San Valentino di Castellarano (RE), ITALY

        website:

21) toward end of April in Ravensbrück, Brandenburg (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur

        MARIA BORGATO

        professed member, Secular Institute of the Company of Saint Ursula,

                Federation of the Secular Institute of Saint Angela Merici 

        born: 07 September 1898 in Saonara, Padua (Italy)

        competent diocese: Padua

        protocol number:

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Casa S. Angela, Via Falloppio, 25, 35100 Padova, ITALY

        website:

22) 21 May in Dachau, Bavaria (Germany) in odium fidei, uti fertur 

        Antonio Seghezzi 

        priest of the diocese of Bergamo

        born: 26 August 1906 in Premolo, Bergamo (Italy)

        competent diocese: Bergamo

        protocol number: 1768

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 01 December 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 16 November 1996; 25 January 2008

        publication year of Positio: 1998

        meeting of theological consultors: 02 February 2004

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator:
        petitioner: Gruppo Don A. Seghezzi, Via Don Tobia Palazzi, 24020 Premolo (BG), ITALY

        website: www.donantonioseghezzi.it

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