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Carlo Angelo Sonzini

VenerableFull write-up

Born

24 June 1878

verified

Died

5 February 1957

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Venerable

11 December 2019

Vatican record

Canonised

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The Vatican record

11 December 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)

Who they were

Carlo Angelo Sonzini was a diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Handmaids of St Joseph; he was born at Malnate, Italy, on 24 June 1878 and died in Varese on 5 February 1957. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 11 December 2019.

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 2019.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2019
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.