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Primo Mazzolari
Italian parish priest and writer, parish priest of Bozzolo
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
13 January 1890
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Died
12 April 1959
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Parish priest of Bozzolo and a writer who took public positions in defence of the poor and against fascism.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Congregation for the Causes of Saints granted the nihil obstat on 2 April 2015 and the diocesan inquiry opened at Cremona on 18 September 2017.
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.