Massimo Rinaldi
Scalabrinian missionary and bishop of Rieti
Who they were
A Scalabrinian who worked among Italian emigrants and was later bishop of Rieti, he is regarded as the second founder of the Scalabrinian missionaries.
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
His cause opened at Rieti in 1991 and Benedict XVI declared him Venerable on 19 December 2005.
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.