Clemente Marchisio
Italian presbyter (1833-1903)
Feast: 16 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Clemente Marchisio was born at Racconigi on 1 March 1833. A tireless priest, he served as curate at Cambiano and Vigone and then for 43 years as parish priest of Rivalba.
Without neglecting his parish, he founded and led for 28 years the Daughters of St Joseph, devoted above all to the Eucharist. He died at Rivalba on 16 December 1903.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A country parish priest who founded sisters devoted to the Eucharist.
The cause
Clemente Marchisio has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Daughters of St Joseph: their founder Blessed Clemente Marchisio.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Clemente Marchisio
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 30 September 1984
- Wikidata Q782920 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Clemente Marchisio (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.