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Emilio Recchia

Italian priest, Righteous among the nations

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Born

19 February 1888

Vatican record

Died

27 June 1969

Vatican record

Venerable

21 February 2020

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

21 February 2020 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2020)

Who they were

Priest, Catholic priest; born in Verona; died in Verona.

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 Q87147554 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

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.