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Emilio Venturini
VenerableFull write-up
Born
9 January 1842
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Died
1 December 1905
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Venerable
21 February 2020
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 21 February 2020 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2020)
Who they were
Emilio Venturini was a diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Servant Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows; he was born at Chioggia, Italy, on 9 January 1842 and died there on 1 December 1905. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 21 February 2020.
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 2020.
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 2020
- 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.