Carlo Cavina
The Vatican record
- 6 April 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)
Who they were
Carlo Cavina was a diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of St Francis de Sales; he was born at Castel Bolognese, Italy, on 29 August 1820 and died at Lugo, Italy, on 15 September 1880. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 6 April 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.
Connected on this site
- Francis de Sales Saint“Carlo Cavina was a diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of St Francis de Sales; he was born at Castel Bolognese, Italy, on 29 August 1820 and died at Lugo, Italy, on 15 September 1880.” — this site's research
- 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.