Francesco Maione
Neapolitan Secular Franciscan who spent his life in hospital
Who they were
Layman of Sant'Anastasia near Naples, a Secular Franciscan, ill from childhood and cared for in the Pellegrini and Incurabili hospitals of Naples.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
His reputation for holiness led to his beatification process being opened five years after his death, on 25 October 1879.
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.