Leopoldo da Gaiche
Italian presbyter
Feast: 2 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Leopoldo da Gaiche was born Giovanni Croci at Gaiche, in the Diocese of Perugia, Italy, in 1732. At eighteen, in 1751, he received the Franciscan habit at the friary of Cibottola and took the name Leopoldo; he was ordained priest in 1757.
He became known for Lenten preaching that brought many conversions, served for ten years from 1786 as a papal missionary in the Papal States, and founded a retreat house at Monteluco near Spoleto. During the Napoleonic occupation he served as a parish priest. He died on 15 April 1815, aged 83, and Leo XIII beatified him on 12 March 1893.
The miracles
The source does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Franciscan preacher and missionary of Umbria who founded the retreat at Monteluco.
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
- Francis of Assisi Saint“He was a preacher who went from diocese to diocese and served in a position of power in the Franciscan order in the Umbrian region in which he pushed for strong adherence to the Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi.” — Wikipedia
- Franciscan Province of the Immaculate Conception of Brazil, OFM (franciscanos.org.br) - calendar entry 'Leopoldo de Gaiche'
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 4 (1912), p. 537 - Congregation of Rites decree on the calendar, listing the feast of 'B. Leopoldi a Gaichis'
- Wikidata Q3830726 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Leopoldo da Gaiche (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.