1) 25 February in La Plata, Gran La Plata (Argentina)    

        ANTONINA DE ANGELIS (LUDOVICA)

        professed religious, Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy

        born: 24 October 1880 in San Gregorio, L’Aquila (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: La Plata

        CCS protocol number: 1569

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 17 September 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:  26 June 1992

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1993

        congress of theological consultants: 02 October 2001

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 06 November 2001

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 December 2001

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 23 November 2001

            session of medical consultants: 13 February 2003

            congress of theological consultants: 30 May 2003

            congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 18 November 2003

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 20 December 2003

        beatification: 03 October 2004

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 14 May 2009

            session of medical consultants:

            congress of theological consultants:

            congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

            promulgation of decree on miracle:

        postulator: Rev. Fernando Rojo Martínez, osa

        petitioner: Hijas de la Misericordia, Hospital de Niños, Calle 14, entre 65 y 66,

                                     B1902CTC La Plata (Buenos Aires), ARGENTINA

                              [see also 1880: Benedetta Rossello (Maria Giuseppa)]

        website: www.sormarialudovica.com.ar

2) 06 March in Madrid (Spain)    

        MARÍA DEL PILAR [PILINA] CIMADEVILLA LÓPEZ-DÓRIGA

        child of the archdiocese of Madrid

        born: 17 February 1952 in Madrid (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Madrid

        CCS protocol number: 1516

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 20 June 1963

        closing of informative process: 20 June 1974

        decree on validity of informative process: 04 July 1986

        opening of supplementary inquiry: 1990

        closing of supplementary inquiry: 1990

        decree on validity of supplementary inquiry: 24 June 1994

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1996

        congress of theological consultants: 28 October 2003

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 13 January 2004

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 April 2004

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 27 May 2000

            session of medical consultants: 18 May 2006

        postulator: Rev. José Zaporta Pallarés, o de m

        petitioner: Parroquia de San Ginés, C/ Arenal, 13, 28013 Madrid, SPAIN

                             Vicepostulación, C/ Madre de Dios, 39, 28016 Madrid, SPAIN

        website: www.pilina.net

3) 16 March in Possagno, Treviso (Italy)    

        BASILIO MARTINELLI

        professed priest, Congregation of the Schools of Charity, Cavanis Institute

        born: 27 December 1872 in Calceranica, Trent (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Treviso

        CCS protocol number: 1482

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 May 1985

        nihil obstat: 22 July 1985

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 16 March 1988

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 20 March 1992

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1994

        congress of theological consultants: 14 July 2009

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 13 April 2010

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 01 July 2010

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 05 February 2010

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni De Biasio, csch

        petitioner: Postulazione di Basilio Martinelli, Collegio Canova, 31054 Possagno (TV), ITALY

                             [see also 1853: Marcantonio Cavanis]

        website:

4) 24 March in Brescia (Italy)   

        ANTONIA EMMA LESINO (CHIARA GIUSEPPINA OF THE CHILD JESUS)

        layperson of the diocese of Brescia;

                consecrated member, Secular Institute of the Little Franciscan Family (n.o.)

        born: 11 October 1897 in Milan (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Brescia

        CCS protocol number: 1230

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 25 June 1969

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings: 28 June 1974

        opening of supplementary inquiry:

        closing of supplementary inquiry:

        decree on validity of informative process and supplementary inquiry: 30 May 2008

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

        petitioner: [see 1976: Stefano Celestino Mazzotti (Ireneo)]

        website: www.piccolafamigliafrancescana.com

5) 25 March in Rome (Italy)   

        FELICE MARIA CAPPELLO

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: 09 October 1879 in Caviola, Belluno (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 1670

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 24 February 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Rev. Anton Witwer, sj

        petitioner: Chiesa S. Ignazio, Via del Caravita 8a, 00186 Roma, ITALY

        website:

6) 26 March in Pavia (Italy)   

        ERCOLE PIZZOCARO

        priest of the diocese of Pavia

        born: 06 July 1876 in Vistarino, Pavia (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Pavia

        CCS protocol number: 1814

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 23 September 1991

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Diocesi di Pavia, P.za del Duomo, 12, 27100 Pavia, ITALY

        website:

7) 28 April in Magenta, Milan (Italy)   

        GIANNA BERETTA MOLLA

        layperson of the archdiocese of Milan; married

        born: 04 October 1922 in Magenta, Milan (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Milan                                          

        CCS protocol number: 1198  

        type of cause: heroic virtues 

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 15 March 1980 

        opening of cognitional process: 30 June 1980

        closing of cognitional process: 21 March 1986

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 14 November 1986 

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1989

        congress of theological consultants: 14 December 1990

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 18 June 1991

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 06 July 1991

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 27 September 1991

            session of medical consultants: 05 March 1992 

            congress of theological consultants: 22 May 1992

            congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 17 November 1992

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 21 December 1992

        beatification: 24 April 1994

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 22 February 2002

            session of medical consultants: 10 April 2003

            congress of theological consultants: 17 October 2003

            congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 16 December 2003

        canonization: 16 May 2004

        information: Fondazione Santa Gianna Beretta Molla, Via Monte Rosa, 2, 20010 Mesero (MI), ITALY

                                 Amici di Santa Gianna Beretta Molla, Via Don Pompeo Beretta, 2, 20013 Magenta (MI), ITALY

        website: giannaberettamolla.org

8) 28 May in Capodrise, Caserta (Italy)   

        GIACOMO GAGLIONE

        layperson of the diocese of Caserta;

                member, Secular Franciscans;

                founder, Association of the Apostolate of Suffering (n.o.)

        born: 20 July 1896 in Marcianise, Caserta (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Caserta

        CCS protocol number: 1208

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process: 01 February 1968

        closing of informative process: 27 May 1972

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 05 April 1976

        opening of cognitional process:

        closing of cognitional process:

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 17 December 1993

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1994

        congress of theological consultants: 11 December 2007

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 03 February 2009

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 03 April 2009

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

        petitioner: Apostolato della Sofferenza, presso Curia Vescovile, P.za Duomo, 11, 81100 Caserta, ITALY

                             Sorelle di Gesù Eucarestia e dei Poveri, Via F. Giannini, 92, 81020 Capodrise (CE), ITALY

        website: www.giacomogaglione.it

9) 29 May in Rome (Italy)  

        FRANCISCO SAGARDUY DE LASGOITIA (GERARDO OF SAINT FRANCIS)

        professed religious, Passionists

        born: 15 February 1881 in Zollo, Bilbao, Vizcaya (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Rome/Bilbao

        CCS protocol number: 1356

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 19 June 1980

        opening of cognitional process: 1981

        closing of cognitional process: 1983

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 02 March 1984

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1987

        congress of theological consultants: 07 May 1991

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 19 November 1991

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 21 December 1991

        postulator: Rev. Giovanni Zubiani, cp

        petitioner: Provincia Pasionista del Corazón de Jesús , Pl. San Felicísimo, 1, 48014 Bilbao, SPAIN

                             [1966: Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi (Martín of the Side of Jesus);

                              1974: Victoriano Gondra Muruaga (Francisco of the Passion);

                              1975: Benito Arrieta Gorrochategui]

        website:

10) 03 July in Elvas, Évora (Portugal) 

        MARIA ISABEL PICÃO CALDEIRA CARNEIRO (MARIA ISABEL OF THE HOLY TRINITY)

        founder, Conceptionist Sisters at the Service of the Poor (n.o.)

        born: 01 February 1889 in Elvas, Évora (Portugal)

        diocese of competent bishop: Évora

        CCS protocol number: 2224

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 19 May 1998

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 05 July 1998

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 05 July 2000

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 17 November 2000

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2008

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, ofm        

        petitioner: Irmãs Concepcionistas ao Serviço dos Pobres, Rua Carlos Mardel, 25, 1900-117 Lisboa, PORTUGAL

        website: www.concepcionistas.pt

11) 26 July in Santa Venera (Malta)  

        ĠORĠ PRECA

        priest of the archdiocese of Malta;

                founder, Society of the Christian Doctrine;

                member, Third Order Carmelites

        born: 12 February 1880 in Valleta (Malta)

        diocese of competent bishop: Malta

        CCS protocol number: 1213

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat to initiate cognitional process: 13 March 1975

        opening of cognitional process: 25 February 1976

        closing of cognitional process: 23 June 1988

        decree on validity of cognitional process: 19 June 1992

        submission of Positio to CCS: 1998

        congress of theological consultants: 16 March 1999

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 01 June 1999

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 28 June 1999

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 21 November 1997

            session of medical consultants: 10 June 1999

            congress of theological consultants: 22 October 1999

            congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 11 January 2000

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 27 January 2000

for the instantaneous, complete, and enduring cure of

        beatification: 09 May 2001

instantaneous, complete, and enduring cure of the infant Eric Catania from micronodular infantile cirrhosis with acute liver decompensation, ascites, cholestasis and hypocoagulation on 24 July 2001 in London (United Kingdom)

        canonization: 03 June 2007

        information: Socjeta’ tad-Duttrina Nisranija MUSEUM, 207, Triq San Ġorġ Preca, Marsa MRS 9010, MALTA

                                 [1967: Ewgenju Borg]

        website: www.sdcmuseum.org

12) 02 August in Turin (Italy) 

        GIOVANNI BATTISTA PINARDI

        auxiliary bishop of Turin

        born: 15 August 1880 in Castagnole Piemonte, Turin (Italy)

        diocese of competent bishop: Turin

        CCS protocol number: 2280

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 16 April 1999

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 27 February 2004

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2008

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:

        petitioner: Vicepostulazione, Seminario Maggiore di Torino, Via Lanfranchi, 10, 10131 Torino, ITALY

        website:

13) 07 August in Algemesí, Valencia (Spain) 

        BERNARDO ASENSI CUBELLS

        priest of the archdiocese of Valencia;

                founder, Missionaries of Divine Providence (n.o.)

        born: 16 April 1889 in Algemesí, Valencia (Spain)

        diocese of competent bishop: Valencia

        CCS protocol number: 2085

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 19 February 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 10 December 1999

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Dr. Silvia Mónica Correale

        petitioner: Misioneras de la Divina Providencia, C/ Berca, 20, 46680 Algemesí (Valencia), SPAIN

        website:

14) 20 August in Seduva, Radviliškis (Lithuania) in odium fidei, uti fertur  

        TEOFILIUS MATULIONIS

        archbishop of Kaišiadorys

        born: 22 June 1873 in Alantos, Molėtai (Lithuania)

        diocese of competent bishop: Kaišiadorys

        CCS protocol number: 1715

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 02 April 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 1990

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 01 May 2008

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 18 June 2010

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Sr. Celina Galinytė, osb

        petitioner: Kaišiadorių Vyskupija, Kęstučio g. 44, 56124 Kaišiadorys, LITHUANIA

        website:

15) 27 August in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

        ENRIQUE ERNESTO SHAW

        layperson of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires; married

        born: 26 February 1921 in Paris (France)

        diocese of competent bishop: Buenos Aires

        CCS protocol number: 2429

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 25 September 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 August 2005

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Dr. Juan Gregorio Navarro Floria

        petitioner: Asociación Cristiana de Dirigentes de Empresa, Bolivar 425, 2º piso,

                                     C1066AAI Capital Federal, ARGENTINA

        website: www.acde.org.ar

16) 29 August in Guarda (Portugal)  

        JOÃO DE OLIVEIRA MATOS

        auxiliary bishop of Guarda;

                founder, Association of the League of the Servants of Jesus (n.o.)

        born: 01 March 1879 in Valverde, Fundão, Castelo Branco (Portugal)

        diocese of competent bishop: Guarda

        CCS protocol number: 1935

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 29 November 1993

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 30 January 1994

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 03 May 1998

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 13 November 1998

        submission of Positio to CCS: 2008

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle: 19 November 2010

        postulator: Mons. Arnaldo Pinto Cardoso

        petitioner: Liga dos Servos de Jesus, Outeiro de São Miguel, 6300 - 035 Arrifana GRD, PORTUGAL

        website:

17) 18 September in Konnersreuth, Bavaria (Germany)   

        THERESE NEUMANN

        layperson of the diocese of Regensburg

        born: 08 April 1898 in Konnersreuth, Bavaria (Germany)

        diocese of competent bishop: Regensburg

        CCS protocol number: 2613

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 21 January 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 13 February 2005

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        submission of Positio to CCS:

        congress of theological consultants:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:

        postulator: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi

        petitioner: Katholische Pfarrei St. Laurentius, Kirchplatz 3, 95692 Konnersreuth, GERMANY  

        website: