Giuseppe di Sant’Elpidio
The Vatican record
- 23 February 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Giulio Bocci, in religion Giuseppe di Sant'Elpidio, was a professed priest of the Capuchin Friars Minor and founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Vocations; he was born at Sant'Elpidio a Mare, Italy, on 15 March 1885 and died at Pesaro, Italy, on 23 November 1974. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 23 February 2023.
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 2023.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2023
- 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.