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Oreste Benzi

Italian priest who founded the Pope John XXIII Community

Servant of GodFull write-upItaly

Born

7 September 1925

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Died

2 November 2007

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Beatified

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Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Benzi was ordained at Rimini in 1949 and founded the Pope John XXIII Community for people on the margins.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

The diocesan process on his heroic virtues ran at Rimini from 8 April 2014 to 23 November 2019.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Connected on this site

Sandra Sabattini Blessed
“A spiritual daughter of Don Oreste Benzi and member of his Pope John XXIII Community, she served people with disabilities and addictions, and was studying medicine hoping to go to Africa to care for the sick.” — this site's research

Sources

Servo di Dio Oreste Benzi – Santi e Beati

Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.