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Domenico (Giovanni) Galluzzi

Italian Dominican priest who founded the Ara Crucis monastery at Faenza

Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
15 January 1906
verified
Died
13 January 1992
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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Who they were

Giovanni Galluzzi of Cattolica entered the Dominicans, was ordained in 1936, and from 1948 at Faenza was entrusted with the formation of seminarians for the ministry of confession; seeing the difficulties of priests, he founded a monastery of nuns to pray for them, canonically erected as the Ara Crucis in 1955.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

The diocesan inquiry into his heroic virtues ran at Faenza from 30 October 2010 to 12 January 2025, and he is buried in the Ara Crucis monastery church.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

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

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