Luciano Sarti
Italian priest, rector of the shrine of the Madonna del Poggio near Bologna
Who they were
He was rector of the shrine of the Madonna del Poggio at Castel San Pietro for forty-eight years, and it became a centre of spiritual life for the area.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Cardinal Carlo Caffarra formally opened the diocesan process for his beatification in Bologna cathedral on 17 May 2007.
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.