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Giosuè Dei Cas
Italian Comboni missionary brother who died of leprosy in Sudan
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
27 September 1880
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Died
4 December 1932
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
A farmer's son from Valdisotto, he became a Comboni missionary brother in Africa, contracted leprosy while nursing lepers and died at Wau.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
His cause was opened in the diocese of Como on 20 March 2015.
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.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.