Felice Prinetti
Italian army officer turned Oblate priest who founded the Daughters of St Joseph
Who they were
Carlo Felice Prinetti was an artillery officer who left the army in 1873 for the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, was ordained in 1876 and founded the Daughters of St Joseph.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The decree on heroic virtues has been promulgated; a miracle would come next.
Why that counted as sanctity
The cognitional process opened at Pisa in 1982 and the decree on his heroic virtues was promulgated in 2004.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.