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Pierangelo Capuzzimati

Italian teenage layman of the archdiocese of Taranto

Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
28 June 1990
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Died
30 April 2008
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

Diagnosed with acute leukaemia at 14, he died just short of his eighteenth birthday and is held up as a model for young people.

The miracles

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

Why that counted as sanctity

Archbishop Filippo Santoro of Taranto solemnly opened the diocesan process on 10 January 2020, following the Holy See's nulla osta of 26 April 2018; the diocesan inquiry closed on 24 January 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.

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.

Sources

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

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