Giorgio Guzzetta
The Vatican record
- 25 November 2021 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2021)
Who they were
Giorgio Guzzetta was a priest of the Confederation of the Oratory of St Philip Neri; he was born on 23 April 1682 at Piana dei Greci (today Piana degli Albanesi, Italy) and died at Partinico, Italy, on 21 November 1756. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 25 November 2021.
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 2021.
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
- Philip Neri Saint“Giorgio Guzzetta was a priest of the Confederation of the Oratory of St Philip Neri; he was born on 23 April 1682 at Piana dei Greci (today Piana degli Albanesi, Italy) and died at Partinico, Italy, on 21 November 1756.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2021
- 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.