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Giuseppe Timoteo Giaccardo
Italian presbyter (1896-1948)
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Feast: 24 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1896
sources disagree
Died
1948
sources disagree
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 19 May 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
At Rome, Blessed Timothy (Giuseppe) Giaccardo, priest, who in the Pious Society of Saint Paul formed many disciples to proclaim the Gospel to the world with a fitting use of the means of social communication.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 24 January as a Pauline priest who trained disciples to spread the Gospel through the media.
Connected on this site
- Paul VI Saint“He became a Servant of God on 10 December 1964 under Pope Paul VI when the sainthood process commenced.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 24 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q3771521 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Giuseppe Giaccardo (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.