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Alfonso Russo
Italian layman who founded a work for the sick at Pagani
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
26 October 1943
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Died
22 February 2013
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Beatified
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Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
A layman of Pagani in the province of Salerno who founded the Pia Unione Ammalati Cristo Salvezza and the Piccoli Discepoli della Croce for people in suffering.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The nihil obstat was given on 17 November 2020 and the diocesan inquiry opened on 14 July 2021.
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.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.