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Giuseppe Nascimbeni
Italian presbyter (1851-1922)
Feast: 21 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Giuseppe Nascimbeni was born at Torri del Benaco on 22 March 1851 and ordained in 1874. He was sent to Castelletto di Brenzone, where he remained parish priest until his death on 21 January 1922.
He founded the Little Sisters of the Holy Family to help him in his work. The Eucharist, prayer and the Rosary were his strength.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A parish priest who founded the Little Sisters of the Holy Family.
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.
Connected on this site
- Maria Domenica Mantovani Saint“Maria Domenica Mantovani (12 November 1862 - 2 February 1934) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious, and the co-founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family; she established them alongside Giuseppe Nascimbeni.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Giuseppe Nascimbeni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 17 April 1988
- Wikidata Q3771075 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Giuseppe Nascimbeni (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.