Filippo Bardellini
Oratorian priest of Verona who cared for people with intellectual disabilities
Who they were
An Oratorian priest of Verona who devoted his life to people with intellectual disabilities and founded the Sorelle Poverette della Casa di Nazareth.
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 nihil obstat was given on 31 July 1981, the process opened on 20 January 1982, and the decree on his heroic virtues was promulgated on 12 April 2003.
The cause
Filippo Bardellini has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Filippo Bardellini.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.