Agostino da Montefeltro (Luigi Vicini)
Italian Franciscan Friar Minor, famed preacher and founder of the Daughters of Nazareth
Who they were
A celebrated preacher of post-unification Italy, he founded the Daughters of Nazareth and orphanages that educated hundreds of girls.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Archdiocese of Pisa opened the diocesan inquiry into his cause on 8 November 2019 in the church of Santa Maria Assunta at Marina di Pisa, after the nihil obstat of August 2019.
The cause
Agostino da Montefeltro (Luigi Vicini) is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Agostino da Montefeltro (Luigi Vicini).
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.