Giuseppe Aveni
Italian Rogationist priest and spiritual director in the Philippines
Who they were
A Rogationist of the Heart of Jesus who entered the congregation in Messina at twelve, he spent his last thirty years in the Philippines as a confessor and spiritual director to seminarians and religious.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Diocese of Parañaque formally opened his sainthood cause on 1 February 2020, giving him the title Servant of God.
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.