Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi
Feast: 9 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi was born in Catania on 12 January 1880 and from about 1889 was brought up by his childless maternal uncle and aunt. A lawyer, he became deputy attorney for the State in 1909. On 25 November 1905 he married Maria Corsini; their daughter Stefania, born in 1908, became Sister Cecilia.
A husband and father, in public and private life he kept Christ's commandments and proclaimed them by the integrity of his life. With his wife he lived a deep and joyful communion of faith and charity, lighting up family and society with the light of Christ.
The miracles
He was beatified together with his wife, Maria Corsini. The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A husband and father who, with his wife, made family life a path to holiness.
Connected on this site
- Maria Corsini Blessed Spouse“Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi (12 January 1880 – 9 November 1951) and Maria Corsini (24 June 1884 – 26 August 1965) were two married Italian Catholic laypeople who became the first couple to be beatified together, in 2001.” — Wikipedia
- John Paul II Saint“According to Pope John Paul II, they lived "an ordinary life in an extraordinary way".” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi e Maria Corsini
- Wikidata Q13586473 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.