Giovanni Battista Arista
Italian Oratorian priest and bishop of Acireale
Who they were
Arista spent his priesthood and episcopate in Acireale, where he was bishop. Santi e Beati gives his birth year as 1862; the Hagiography Circle record says 1863, and the Catholic source is followed here.
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
His cause was opened there in 1946 and the decree on his heroic virtues was promulgated in 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.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.