Giancarlo Bertolotti
Italian obstetrician who refused to perform abortions
Who they were
Bertolotti was an obstetrician and gynaecologist at the San Matteo hospital in Pavia who held to the Church's teaching in his practice, and died after being hit by a van on his way to see a patient. Santiebeati.it places his death at Pavia rather than Sant'Angelo Lodigiano.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The nihil obstat came on 23 October 2012 and the diocesan inquiry ran in the diocese of Lodi from 9 November 2013 to 14 November 2021.
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.