Paolo Pio Perazzo
Italian railway clerk and Secular Franciscan in Turin
Who they were
He worked for the Italian railways in Turin from the age of fifteen and became known as the railwayman's model of lay holiness, joining the Secular Franciscans.
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 was opened in Turin in 1925 and the decree on his heroic virtues was promulgated on 6 April 1998.
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.