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Lodovico Longari
VenerableFull write-up
Born
20 June 1889
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Died
17 June 1963
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Venerable
14 April 2018
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 14 April 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Lodovico Longari was a professed priest of the Congregation of Priests of the Blessed Sacrament, born at Montodine, Italy, on 20 June 1889, who died at Ponteranica, Italy, on 17 June 1963. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 14 April 2018.
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 2018.
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 2018
- 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.