Gaetano Tantalo
Italian parish priest who sheltered a Jewish family during the war
Who they were
A priest of Villavallelonga in Abruzzo who hid a Jewish family in his house through the German occupation and was later named Righteous Among the Nations. The exact day of his death is left open: Tele Radio Padre Pio places it at dawn on 13 November 1947, the Hagiography Circle on 14 November 1947.
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 cause opened in the diocese of Avezzano on 11 January 1981 and the decree on his heroic virtues was promulgated on 6 April 1995.
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
- Padre Pio Saint“The exact day of his death is left open: Tele Radio Padre Pio places it at dawn on 13 November 1947, the Hagiography Circle on 14 November 1947.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.