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Alberto Beretta
Italian priest and Capuchin friar (1916-2001)
VenerableItalyOrder of Friars Minor Capuchin
Born
28 August 1916
Vatican record
Died
10 August 2001
Vatican record
Venerable
14 December 2023
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 14 December 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Physician, missionary, friar; born in Milan; died in Bergamo.
The miracles
No miracle approved yet
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q11684859 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.