~ 1951 ~

1) 17 January in Algorta, Vizcaya (Spain)

        FÉLIX MONASTERIO ATECA (FÉLIX OF THE VIRGIN)
        professed priest, Trinitarians
        born: 02 May 1902 in Rigoitia, Vizcaya (Spain)

        competent diocese: Bilbao

        CCS protocol number: 1095

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on validity of informative process: 10 July 1987

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 26 March 1994

        postulator: Rev. Antonio Sáez de Albéniz, osst
        petitioner: [see 1927: Domingo Iturrate Zubero (Domingo of the Blessed Sacrament)]
        website:

2) 03 February in Malestroit, Morbihan (France)

        YVONNE BEAUVAIS (MARIE-YVONNE-AIMÉE OF JESUS)
        professed religious, Augustinian Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus (French Federation)
        born: 16 July 1901 in Cossé-en-Champagne, Mayenne (France)

        competent diocese: Vannes

        CCS protocol number: 908

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 04 March 1959

        closing of informative process:

        nihil obstat:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Sœurs Augustines de la Miséricorde de Jésus, 2 Faubourg St Michel,  56140 Malestroit, FRANCE

                             Sœurs Augustines de la Miséricorde de Jésus, 4 rue Adolphe Lerayi, B.P. 525, 35000 Rennes, FRANCE
        website: www.augustines-malestroit.com

3) 05 February in Rome (Italy)

        CAROLINA MANCINELLI SCAMPONE
        layperson of the diocese of Gaeta; married;

                member, Lay Carmelites
        born: 18 November 1877 in Esperia Inferiore, Frosinone (Italy)

        competent diocese: Gaeta

        CCS protocol number: 1615

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 May 1998

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Grosso, ocarm
        petitioner: Parrocchia di San Bartolomeo, 03040 Selvacava di Ausonia (FR), ITALY
        website:

4) 25 February in Gandía, Valencia (Spain)

        JOAQUÍN BALLESTER LLORET
        layperson of the archdiocese of Valencia
        born: 14 December 1865 in Tormos, Alicante (Spain)

        competent diocese: Valencia
        CCS protocol number: 2512

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        nihil obstat: 11 October 2002

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Vicepostulación de la Causa J. Ballester, C/ Alfons El Vell, 3, 46700 Gandía (Valencia), SPAIN

                             Asociación Sanatorio San Francisco de Borja-Fontilles, P. Tetuán, 6, bajo, 46003 Valencia, SPAIN

        website:

5) 15 March in Viedma, Río Negro (Argentina)

        ARTÉMIDES ZATTI
        professed religious, Salesians of Don Bosco
        born: 12 October 1880 in Boretto, Reggio Emilia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Viedma

        CCS protocol number: 1316

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 01 June 1979

        opening of cognitional process: 22 March 1980

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 14 December 1984

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 07 July 1997

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 14 April 2002

        postulator: Rev. Enrico Dal Covolo, sdb
        petitioner: Istituto Don Bosco, B. Ituzaingo 140, R8500FRN Viedma (Río Negro), ARGENTINA
                             [see also 1905: Ceferino Namuncurá]
        website:

6) 21 March in Varese (Italy)

        IGINO LEGA
        professed priest, Jesuits
        born: 14 November 1911 in Brisighella, Ravenna (Italy)

        competent diocese: Milan

        CCS protocol number: 1572

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 09 October 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Paolo Molinari, sj
        petitioner: Vicepostulazione, Via S. Luigi Gonzaga 8, 21013 Gallarate (VA), ITALY
        website:

7) 25 March in Rome (Italy)

        ROCCO GIOCONDO SPOLETINI (GIUSEPPE)
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 16 August 1870 in Bellegra, Rome (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 1127

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on validity of informative process: 17 February 1984

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Paolo Lombardo, ofm

        petitioner: Convento S. Francesco a Ripa, P.za S. Francesco d’Assisi 88, 00153 Roma, ITALY
        website:

8) 30 April in Molfetta, Bari (Italy)

        AMBROGIO GRITTANI
        priest of the diocese of Molfetta;

                founder, Oblates of Saint Benedict Joseph Labre (n.o.)
        born: 11 October 1907 in Ceglie del Campo, Bari (Italy)

        competent diocese: Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi

        CCS protocol number: 1739

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 July 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Paolo Lombardo, ofm

        petitioner: Oblate di San Benedetto Giuseppe Labre, Viale Pio XI, 70056 Molfetta (BA), ITALY
                             Fraternità “Don Grittani,” Via Marconi 90, 73022 Corigliano D’Otranto (LE), ITALY
        website:

9) 23 May in Pyŏktong, P’yŏngan buk-do (North Korea)

        EMIL JOSEPH KAPAUN

        priest of the diocese of Wichita

        born: 20 April 1916 in Pilsen, Kansas (United States)

        competent diocese: Wichita

        CCS protocol number: 2810

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori:

        nihil obstat: 26 October 2007

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 29 June 2008

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi

        petitioner: Father Kapaun Guild, Catholic Diocese of Wichita, 424 North Broadway, Wichita , KS 67202, USA

        website:

10) 29 May in Colombo (Sri Lanka)

        MICHEL-JEAN-ALEXANDRE GUILLAUME
        professed priest, Oblates of Mary Immaculate
        born: 20 February 1871 in Tremouille-Saint-Loup, Puy-de-Dôme (France)

        competent diocese: Colombo

        CCS protocol number: 1526

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 16 June 1986

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Joaquín Martínez Vega, omi

        petitioner: De Mazenod House, 40 Farm Road Mattakuliya, Colombo 15, SRI LANKA
        website:    

11) 28 June in Rome (Italy)  

        TERESA MARIA MASTENA (MARIA PIA)
        founder, Sisters of the Holy Face (n.o.)
        born: 07 December 1881 in Bovolone, Verona (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 1733

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 23 June 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 05 July 2002

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 13 November 2005

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp
        petitioner: Suore del Santo Volto, Via S. Paolo Apostolo 99, 00040 S. Maria delle Mole (RM), ITALY

        website:

12) 03 July in Rome (Italy)

        LELIA COSSIDENTE AMENDOLAGINE
        layperson of the vicariate of Rome; married;

                member, Secular Carmelites
        born: 04 May 1893 in Potenza (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 2584

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 15 January 2004

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 June 2004

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Dr. Luca Pasquale
        petitioner: [see 1969: Ulisse Amendolagine]
        website: www.vicariatusurbis.org/amendolagine
   
   

13) 19 July in Boran-sur-Oise, Oise (France)

        JACQUES SEVIN
        professed priest, Jesuits;

                founder, Society of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem (n.o.)
        born: 07 December 1882 in Lille, Nord (France)

        competent diocese: Beauvais

        CCS protocol number: 1828

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 09 December 1991

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 May 1994

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Paolo Molinari, sj
        petitioner: Société de la Sainte Croix de Jerusalem, 60530 Boran-sur-Oise, FRANCE
        website:       
  

14) 31 August in Pogrzebien, Śląskie (Poland)

        LAURA MEOZZI
        professed religious, Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters)
        born: 05 January 1873 in Florence (Italy)

        competent diocese: Katowice

        CCS protocol number: 1536

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 September 1986

        nihil obstat: 20 October 1986

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 13 January 1994

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:  16 December 1994

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 1999

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Enrico Dal Covolo, sdb
        petitioner: Siostry Salezjanki, ul. Warszawska 152, 05-092 Łomianki, POLAND
        website: 

15) 18 October in Gasperina, Catanzaro (Italy)

        FRANCESCO ANTONIO CARUSO
        priest of the diocese of Catanzaro-Squillace
        born: 28 March 1879 in Gasperina, Catanzaro (Italy)

        competent diocese: Catanzaro-Squillace

        CCS protocol number: 2226

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 19 May 1998

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Parrocchia di S. Nicola Vescovo, 88060 Gasperina (CZ), ITALY
        website:       
      

16) 09 November in  Rome (Italy)

        LUIGI BELTRAME QUATTROCCHI
        layperson of the vicariate of Rome; married
        born: 12 January 1880 in Catania (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 1955

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 October 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 07 July 2001

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 21 October 2001

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 19 May 2006

            session of medical consultors:       

        postulator: Fra Paolino Rossi, ofmcap
        petitioner: [see 1965: Maria Corsini Beltrame Quattrocchi]
        website: www.fondazionebq.it

17) 22 November in Tortona, Alessandria (Italy)

        CARLO STERPI
        professed priest, Sons of Divine Providence
        born: 11 October 1874 in Gavazzana, Alessandria (Italy)

        competent diocese: Tortona

        CCS protocol number: 1307

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on validity of informative process: 14 December 1984

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 07 September 1989

        postulator: Rev. Giuseppe Vallauri, fdp

        petitioner: [see 1940: Luigi Orione]

        website:

18) 23 November in Milan (Italy)

        MARIA ANGELA ALFIERI (ENRICHETTA)
        professed religious, Sisters of Charity of Saint Joan Antida Thouret
        born: 23 February 1891 in Borgo, Vercelli (Italy)

        competent diocese: Milan

        CCS protocol number: 1994

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 November 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS: 2001

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 
            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 12 March 2004

            session of medical consultors:

        postulator: Sr. Anna Antida Casolino, SdC
        petitioner: Suore della Carità di S. Giovanna Antida, Via Torricella di Sopra 174, 25127 Brescia, ITALY

                             [see also 1826: Jeanne-Antide Thouret]
        website: 

19) 04 December in Chincha Alta, Chincha (Peru)

        MELCHORA SARAVIA TASAYCO
        layperson of the diocese of Ica;

                member, Secular Franciscans
        born: 06 January 1895 in Grocio Prado (a.k.a. San Pedro Ñoco Bajo), Chincha (Peru)

        competent diocese: Ica

        CCS protocol number: 1279

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 13 April 1978

        opening of supplementary inquiry:

        closing of supplementary inquiry: 21 December 2005

        decree on validity of informative process and supplementary inquiry: 15 February 2008

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Luca De Rosa, ofm
        petitioner: Vicepostulación, Convento de Santo Domingo, Camaná 170 – Lima, PERU
                             Santuario de la Beata Melchorita, Plaza de Armas, Dto. de Grocio Prado, Prov.de Chincha, PERU
        website:   
         

20) 20 December in Sighetu Marmaţiei, Maramureş (Romania) in odium fidei, uti fertu

        ANTON DURCOVICI
        bishop of Iaşi
        born: 17 May 1888 in Altenburg, Lower Austria (Austria)

        competent diocese: Iaşi

        CCS protocol number: 1790

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 28 January 1997

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Episcopia Romano-Catolică, Bd. Stefan-cel-Mare 26, 70064 Iaşi, ROMANIA
        website:
 

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