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Eraldo Amantini (Candido of the Immaculate)
Passionist priest and exorcist at the Scala Santa in Rome
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
31 January 1914
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Died
22 September 1992
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
A Passionist priest who spent more than thirty years at the Scala Santa in Rome as spiritual director, confessor and exorcist.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The nihil obstat was given on 5 January 2012 and the diocesan inquiry opened in Rome on 13 July 2012.
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.