Albino Badinelli
Italian carabiniere shot in 1944 after giving himself up to save hostages
Who they were
A carabiniere who gave himself up to the fascist command to stop his village being burned and twenty hostages killed, and was shot as a deserter on 2 September 1944 at twenty-four.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The nihil obstat came on 21 December 2021 and the diocesan inquiry into the offering of his life opened at Chiavari on 26 February 2022.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.