Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian
Armenian Cardinal Patriarch and Servant of God (1895–1971)
Who they were
Gregorio Pietro XV Agagianian (ah-gah-JAHN-yan; anglicized: Gregory Peter; Western Armenian: Գրիգոր Պետրոս ԺԵ. Աղաճանեան, Krikor Bedros ŽĒ. Aghajanian; born Ghazaros Aghajanian; 15 September 1895 – 16 May 1971) was an Armenian Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Cilicia from 1937 to 1962 and as Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith from 1958 to 1970. He was considered papabile on two occasions, in 1958 and 1963. He was made a cardinal in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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
- Pius XII Venerable“He was made a cardinal in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.” — Wikipedia
- Vatican News — Il cardinale Agagianian verso la beatificazione — Vatican News reports the opening of the diocesan phase of the cause of the Servant of God Gregory Peter XV Agagianian (1895-1971), Armenian Catholic patriarch and cardinal, at St John Lateran on 28 October 2022.
- Wikidata Q718577 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gregorio Pietro Agagianian (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.