Giocondo Pio Lorgna
Catholic priest
Who they were
Giocondo Pio Lorgna (27 September 1870 – 8 July 1928), born Giocondo Lorgna, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who was also a professed member of the Order of Preachers. Lorgna served as a parish priest in Venice in the church of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo and was either a benefactor or revitalizer of Christian movements or congregations established across Venice.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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
- Imelda Lambertini Blessed“Lorgna had a strong devotion to Blessed Imelda Lambertini and so established a religious congregation in her honor and named it the Dominican Sisters of Blessed Imelda; it was a congregation that was open to females wishing to pursue the Dominican charism and the spread of pastoral activities.” — Wikipedia
- Santi, beati e testimoni - VenerabileGiocondo Pio Lorgna — Santiebeati.it, the Italian Catholic saints dictionary, carries a full entry: VenerabileGiocondo Pio Lorgna - Sacerdote domenicano, fondatore | Popetto di Tresana, Massa Carrara, 27 settembre 1870 – Venezia, 8 luglio 192
- Wikidata Q23612796 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Giocondo Pio Lorgna (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.