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Paola Adamo
Italian schoolgirl of Taranto who died at fourteen
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
24 October 1963
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Died
28 June 1978
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
A girl of the Salesian parish in Taranto who kept a diary from the age of nine and died of fulminant hepatitis at fourteen.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The nihil obstat came on 26 April 2018 and the diocesan inquiry into her heroic virtues ran at Taranto from 28 June 2021 to 22 March 2025.
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.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.