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Eugenio Reffo
VenerableFull write-up
Born
2 January 1843
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Died
9 May 1925
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Venerable
12 June 2014
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 12 June 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)
Who they were
Eugenio Reffo was co-founder and a professed priest of the Congregation of St Joseph (Josephites of Murialdo); he was born in Turin, Italy, on 2 January 1843 and died there on 9 May 1925. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 12 June 2014.
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 2014.
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
- Leonardo Murialdo Saint“Leonardo Murialdo, CSI (26 October 1828 – 30 March 1900) was an Italian Catholic priest and the co-founder of the Congregation of Saint Joseph - also known as the Murialdines (which he founded alongside Eugenio Reffo).” — Wikipedia
- Giovanni Schiavo Blessed“Schiavo entered the Murialdines during World War I in 1917, and was admitted by Eugenio Reffo.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2014
- 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.