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Giovanni Bacile
VenerableFull write-up
Born
12 August 1880
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Died
20 August 1941
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Venerable
3 February 2015
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 3 February 2015 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Giovanni Bacile was archpriest and dean of Bisacquino, Italy, where he was born on 12 August 1880 and died on 20 August 1941. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 3 February 2015.
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 2015.
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.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2015
- 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.