Elia Comini
The Vatican record
- 18 December 2024 — Martyrdom recognised (decree list, 2024)
Who they were
Elia Comini was a professed priest of the Salesian Society of St Francis de Sales, born at Calvenzano di Vergato, Italy, on 7 May 1910, who was killed in hatred of the faith at Pioppe di Salvaro, Italy, on 1 October 1944. Pope Francis recognised his martyrdom on 18 December 2024.
The Dicastery's biography says he was ordained on 16 March 1935 and devoted himself to educating the young; the Nazis captured him after he went to the scene of the Creda massacre to bring the sacraments to survivors, and he was executed at Pioppe di Salvaro.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised him as a martyr in 2024.
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
- Francis de Sales Saint“Elia Comini was a professed priest of the Salesian Society of St Francis de Sales, born at Calvenzano di Vergato, Italy, on 7 May 1910, who was killed in hatred of the faith at Pioppe di Salvaro, Italy, on 1 October 1944.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2024
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - Elia Comini
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Elia Comini
- 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.