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Antonio Acernese (Lodovico da Pietradefusi)
Capuchin priest who founded the Franciscan Immaculatine Sisters
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
8 February 1860
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Died
16 February 1916
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
A Capuchin preacher and writer who founded a religious institute to educate poor girls. santiebeati.it gives his birth as 14 April 1835, where the Hagiography Circle has 8 February 1860.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocesan inquiry opened at Benevento on 28 February 2016.
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.