Bernardino Piccinelli
The Vatican record
- 21 December 2020 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2020)
Who they were
Dino Piccinelli, in religion Bernardino, of the Order of Servants of Mary, was titular Bishop of Gaudiaba and auxiliary bishop of Ancona; he was born at Madonna dei Fornelli, in the commune of San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, on 24 January 1905 and died in Ancona on 1 October 1984. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 21 December 2020.
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 2020.
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 - decrees published in 2020
- 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.