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Giacomo Viale

franciscan (1830-1912)

VenerableKingdom of ItalyFranciscans

Born

28 February 1830

Vatican record

Died

16 April 1912

Vatican record

Venerable

8 July 2016

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

8 July 2016 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2016)

Who they were

Catholic priest, friar; born in Airole; died in Bordighera.

The miracles

No miracle approved yet

The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
Wikidata Q141112087 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.