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Carlo Crespi Croci
VenerableFull write-up
Born
29 May 1891
verified
Died
30 April 1982
verified
Venerable
23 March 2023
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 23 March 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Carlo Crespi Croci was a professed priest of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco, born at Legnano, Italy, on 29 May 1891, who died at Cuenca, Ecuador, on 30 April 1982. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 23 March 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.
Connected on this site
- John Bosco Saint“Carlo Crespi Croci was a professed priest of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco, born at Legnano, Italy, on 29 May 1891, who died at Cuenca, Ecuador, on 30 April 1982.” — this site's research
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.