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Angelico da None (Matteo Pittavino)

Italian Capuchin friar, missionary in Eritrea and Ethiopia

VenerableFull write-upItaly
Born
28 May 1875
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Died
15 January 1953
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Venerable
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date not on record
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

Pittavino was provincial minister of the Piedmontese Capuchins and then a missionary among the Bilen at Keren in Eritrea from 1914 and in Addis Ababa from 1938 until his expulsion in 1942; he died at Bra in 1953.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The decree on heroic virtues has been promulgated; a miracle would come next.

Why that counted as sanctity

His cause was opened at Turin in 1982 and the Capuchin vice-postulation's bibliography records the 1991-1992 publications hailing 'the Venerable Padre Angelico da None (Pittavino Matteo)'.

The cause

Angelico da None (Matteo Pittavino) has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Angelico da None (Matteo Pittavino).

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. Reporting one begins with the postulation.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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