Settimio Manelli
Italian layman and Franciscan tertiary, father of twenty-one children
Who they were
Manelli and his wife Licia Gualandris married in 1926, had twenty-one children and were Franciscan tertiaries and spiritual children of Padre Pio.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Their joint cause opened at Rome on 20 December 2010 and the diocesan phase closed on 27 June 2014, when the acts went to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
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.
Connected on this site
- Padre Pio Saint“Manelli and his wife Licia Gualandris married in 1926, had twenty-one children and were Franciscan tertiaries and spiritual children of Padre Pio.” — this site's research
- Licia Gualandris Manelli Servant of God“Gualandris married Settimio Manelli in Rome in 1926; they had twenty-one children and were spiritual children of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.