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Vincenzo Maria Morelli

Roman Catholic archbishop

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Born

1741

Died

1822

Venerable

11 December 2019

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

11 December 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)

Who they were

Catholic priest, Catholic bishop; born in Lecce; died in Otranto.

The miracles

No miracle approved yet

The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
Wikidata Q64735355 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.