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Giuseppe Maria Leone

VenerableFull write-up

Born

23 May 1829

verified

Died

9 August 1902

verified

Venerable

18 December 2024

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

18 December 2024 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2024)

Who they were

Giuseppe Maria Leone was a professed priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists); he was born at Casaltrinità (today Trinitapoli, Italy) on 23 May 1829 and died at Angri, Italy, on 9 August 1902. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 18 December 2024.

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 2024.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2024
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.