Marco Morelli
Italian priest who founded the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Agony
Who they were
Morelli spent his whole priestly life in Lugo and founded the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Agony.
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 diocese of Imola opened the process on 6 November 1988 and closed it on 25 September 1994; Benedict XVI declared him Venerable on 26 June 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.