Luigi (Gino) Pistoni
Italian Catholic Action youth killed in the Aosta valley at twenty
Who they were
Pistoni was a young layman of Ivrea active in Catholic Action who died at twenty during the war at Perloz in the Aosta valley, having written in his own blood an offering of his life. Santiebeati.it places his death at Perloz rather than the Hagiography Circle's Valle di Gressoney.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Bishop Luigi Bettazzi began the cause in 1994 and the diocesan phase opened on 25 March 1995; the Roman phase has been under way since 2006.
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.