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Giuseppe Merola (Egidio Merola)
Conventual Franciscan priest at Copertino
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
1 May 1906
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Died
6 January 2002
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Born at Barra near Naples, he entered the Conventual Franciscans as a boy and died at Copertino in the province of Lecce in 2002.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocesan inquiry opened on 30 April 2021 and closed on 8 January 2025.
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.