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Arnaldo Canepa
VenerableFull write-up
Born
24 September 1882
verified
Died
2 November 1966
verified
Venerable
20 May 2023
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 20 May 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Arnaldo Canepa was a layman and catechist, born in Rome on 24 September 1882, who died there on 2 November 1966. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 20 May 2023.
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 2023.
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.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2023
- 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.