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Leone Veuthey
VenerableFull write-up
Born
3 March 1896
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Died
7 June 1974
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Venerable
17 March 2021
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 17 March 2021 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2021)
Who they were
Clodoveo Veuthey, in religion Leone, was a professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual; he was born at Dorénaz, Switzerland, on 3 March 1896 and died in Rome on 7 June 1974. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 17 March 2021.
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 2021.
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 2021
- 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.