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Giovanni Maria Schiaffino
Olivetan Benedictine abbot who founded the monastery of San Prospero at Camogli
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
December 1807
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Died
31 July 1888
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Beatified
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Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
An Olivetan Benedictine, he founded the monastery of San Prospero at Camogli. santiebeati.it gives only December 1807 for his birth, with baptism on 6 December.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The archdiocese of Genoa opened the diocesan inquiry on 30 April 2022.
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.