Francesco Piccone
Italian priest who co-founded the Daughters of Mary Virgin Immaculate at Savona
Who they were
Piccone was a priest of Albissola Marina who founded the Daughters of Mary Virgin Immaculate at Savona together with Mother Teresa Vallerga. The Hagiography Circle dates the opening 25 October 2006; santiebeati.it is followed here.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone opened his cause at Genoa on 21 June 2006 and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints granted the nihil obstat on 4 September 2007.
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.
Connected on this site
- Mother Teresa Saint“Piccone was a priest of Albissola Marina who founded the Daughters of Mary Virgin Immaculate at Savona together with Mother Teresa Vallerga.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.