Luigi Balbiano
Italian parish curate in Avigliana near Turin
Who they were
A priest of the archdiocese of Turin who spent his life as a curate at Avigliana and refused promotion.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The decree on heroic virtues has been promulgated; a miracle would come next.
Why that counted as sanctity
The informative process opened at Turin in 1931 and the decree on his heroic virtues was promulgated on 27 November 1981, making him Venerable.
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.