Domenico Leonati
Priest of Padua, founder of the Sisters of St Francis de Sales
Who they were
Leonati was a Padua priest and preacher who founded a conservatory for abandoned and at-risk girls that became the Sisters of St Francis de Sales (Salesie).
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Diocese of Padua opened the beatification and canonisation cause of the Servant of God don Domenico Leonati on 24 January 2024, Bishop Claudio Cipolla presiding, after the nulla osta of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints of 6 December 2023.
The cause
Domenico Leonati is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Domenico Leonati.
Connected on this site
- Francis de Sales Saint“Leonati was a Padua priest and preacher who founded a conservatory for abandoned and at-risk girls that became the Sisters of St Francis de Sales (Salesie).” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.