Ferdinando Casagrande
Italian parish priest killed in the Marzabotto massacre
Who they were
Ordained for Bologna in 1938, Ferdinando Casagrande stayed with his parishioners at Caprara and was killed on 9 October 1944 during the Monte Sole (Marzabotto) massacre.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The nihil obstat came in August 1998 and the diocesan inquiry opened on 18 October 1998, closing in 2011.
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.