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Giacomo Bulgaro
VenerableFull write-up
Born
29 January 1879
verified
Died
27 January 1967
verified
Venerable
28 November 2019
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 28 November 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)
Who they were
Giacomo Bulgaro was a professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual; he was born at Corticelle di Pieve, Italy, on 29 January 1879 and died in Brescia on 27 January 1967. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 28 November 2019.
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 2019.
The cause
Giacomo Bulgaro has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Conventual Franciscans: Venerable Giacomo Bulgaro.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2019
- 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.