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Carlo Salerio
VenerableFull write-up
Born
22 March 1827
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Died
29 September 1870
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Venerable
13 May 2019
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 13 May 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)
Who they were
Carlo Salerio was a priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and founder of the Institute of the Sisters of Reparation; he was born in Milan on 22 March 1827 and died there on 29 September 1870. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 13 May 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.
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.