Giuseppe Tovini
Italian lawyer and bank officer (1841-1897)
Feast: 16 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Giuseppe Tovini was born at Cividate Camuno near Brescia on 14 March 1841, the first of seven children, and was brought up with strict discipline. His family's poverty cut short his schooling at Lovere.
A teacher, layman and father of a family, he opened many Christian schools and had public works built, always giving witness of prayer and virtue in everything he did.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A father and public man who founded Christian schools and lived his faith in public life.
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
- Mosè Tovini Blessed“His nephew was Mosè Tovini.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Giuseppe Antonio Tovini
- Wikidata Q2274070 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Giuseppe Tovini (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.