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Constantine Vendrame
Italian Salesian missionary
VenerableSalesians of Don Bosco
Born
27 August 1893
Vatican record
Died
30 January 1957
Vatican record
Venerable
22 May 2026
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 22 May 2026 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2026)
Who they were
Constantine Vendrame, also known as the "Apostle of Shillong" was a Salesian missionary from Italy who worked for the welfare of Khasis, in North East, India.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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 Q62503884 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Constantine Vendrame (CC BY-SA)
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.