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Isaia Columbro
VenerableFull write-up
Born
11 February 1908
verified
Died
13 July 2004
verified
Venerable
20 June 2024
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 20 June 2024 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2024)
Who they were
Nicola Antonio Maria Columbro, in religion Isaia, was a professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor; he was born at Foglianise, Italy, on 11 February 1908 and died at Vitulano, Italy, on 13 July 2004. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 20 June 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.
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.