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Padre Raffaele of Sant'Elia a Pianisi
italian, Servant of God
VenerableOrder of Friars Minor Capuchin
Born
14 December 1816
Vatican record
Died
6 January 1901
Vatican record
Venerable
6 April 2019
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 6 April 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)
Who they were
Raffaele of Sant'Elia a Pianisi (14 December 1816 – 6 January 1901), baptized as Domenico Petrucelli, commonly known as "Padre Raffaele", was an Italian Priest and a friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.
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The miracles
No miracle approved yet
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q18915615 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Raffaele of Sant'Elia a Pianisi (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.