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Giovanni Folci
VenerableFull write-up
Born
24 February 1890
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Died
31 March 1963
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Venerable
30 September 2015
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 30 September 2015 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Giovanni Folci was a diocesan priest and founder of the Opera del Divin Prigioniero; he was born at Cagno, Italy, on 24 February 1890 and died at Valle Colorina, Italy, on 31 March 1963. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 30 September 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.