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Giuseppe (Bepo) Vavassori

Italian priest, founder of the Patronato San Vincenzo in Bergamo

Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
19 July 1888
verified
Died
5 February 1975
verified
Beatified
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Canonised
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Who they were

Called the "don Bosco of Bergamo", he founded the Patronato San Vincenzo in 1927 for abandoned and poor children and young people, was a military chaplain in the First World War and directed L'Eco di Bergamo from 1930 to 1932.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

Bishop Francesco Beschi of Bergamo issued the edict for the cause of the Servo di Dio don Giuseppe Vavassori on 30 November 2023 and presided over the first session of the diocesan inquiry on 5 February 2024.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

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