Federico Albert
Italian priest (1820-1876)
Feast: 30 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Federico Albert was born at Turin on 16 October 1820. As a priest he was first a court chaplain and then parish priest of Lanzo Torinese, where he invited Don Bosco. He humbly refused the bishopric of Pinerolo.
He founded the Vincentian Sisters of Mary Immaculate, the Albertines, to educate the young and care for the sick and needy in the spirit of St Vincent de Paul. He died at Lanzo Torinese on 30 September 1876.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A parish priest who founded sisters to serve the poor and refused to be a bishop.
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
- Vincent de Paul Saint“He founded the Vincentian Sisters of Mary Immaculate, the Albertines, to educate the young and care for the sick and needy in the spirit of St Vincent de Paul.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Federico Albert
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 30 September 1984
- Wikidata Q598212 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Federico Albert (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.