Diego Oddi
Feast: 3 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the village of Bellegra near Rome, Blessed Diego (Giuseppe) Oddi, religious of the Order of Friars Minor, outstanding for his devotion to prayer and his simplicity of life.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 3 June as a Franciscan brother of Bellegra outstanding for prayer and simplicity of life.
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
- Mariano da Roccacasale Blessed“He felt drawn to religious life after his adolescence and was resolved to become a Franciscan upon seeing the example that Mariano da Roccacasale set.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 3 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3027427 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Giuseppe Oddi (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.