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Ambrogio Grittani
VenerableFull write-up
Born
11 October 1907
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Died
30 April 1951
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Venerable
26 January 2018
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 26 January 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Ambrogio Grittani was a diocesan priest and founder of the Oblates of St Benedict Joseph Labre; he was born at Ceglie del Campo, Italy, on 11 October 1907 and died at Molfetta, Italy, on 30 April 1951. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 26 January 2018.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised his heroic virtue in 2018.
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
- Benedict Joseph Labre Saint“Ambrogio Grittani was a diocesan priest and founder of the Oblates of St Benedict Joseph Labre; he was born at Ceglie del Campo, Italy, on 11 October 1907 and died at Molfetta, Italy, on 30 April 1951.” — this site's research
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2018
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Not yet in Wikidata. Name as the Vatican spells it.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.