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Giovanni Battista Zuaboni
VenerableFull write-up
Born
24 January 1880
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Died
12 December 1939
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Venerable
12 February 2019
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 12 February 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)
Who they were
Giovanni Battista Zuaboni was a diocesan priest and founder of the secular institute Company of the Holy Family; he was born at Vestone, Italy, on 24 January 1880 and died in Brescia on 12 December 1939. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 12 February 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
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 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.