Umberto Terenzi
Roman priest, rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love, who founded the Oblate Sons and the Daughters of Our Lady of Divine Love
Who they were
He was rector of the shrine on the Via Ardeatina and founded both the male and female congregations attached to it.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love in Rome calls its founder a Servant of God and marked the fiftieth anniversary of his death on 3 January 2024 with a Mass led by Cardinal Matteo Zuppi; the Oblate Sons of Our Lady of Divine Love publish a prayer for graces through his intercession. His diocesan inquiry was opened in Rome on 23 January 2004 and closed on 18 January 2008.
The cause
Umberto Terenzi is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Umberto Terenzi.
- 50° Anniversario della morte di Don Umberto Terenzi — Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore
- Oblati Figli della Madonna del Divino Amore — prayer for the intercession of Don Umberto Terenzi
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.