Antonio Lucci
Italian Franciscan friar and bishop (1682-1752)
Feast: 25 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Angelo Nicola Lucci was born at Agnone in Molise on 2 August 1682. He joined the Conventual Franciscans, taking the name Antonio, was ordained in 1705 and became a doctor of theology in 1709.
A friar of contemplative prayer and a teacher of theology, he was soon given important offices, and as Bishop of Bovino he shone for his learning and was so generous to the poor that he neglected his own needs.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A learned Franciscan bishop who gave the poor everything he had.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Antonio Lucci
- Wikidata Q3619781 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Antonio Lucci (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.