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Didaco Bessi

VenerableFull write-up

Born

5 February 1856

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Died

25 May 1919

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Venerable

24 February 2025

Vatican record

Canonised

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The Vatican record

24 February 2025 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2025)

Who they were

Didaco Bessi was a diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St Mary of the Rosary; he was born at Iolo, Italy, on 5 February 1856 and died there on 25 May 1919. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 24 February 2025.

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 2025.

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 2025
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.