Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier
Italian saint
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Lorenzo Salvi was born in Rome on 30 October 1782 and in 1801, overcoming the anti-religious climate after the Revolution, entered the Passionists.
A man of God in prayer and in tireless priestly ministry, he spread devotion to the Child Jesus and sought all his life to follow the Son of God, who saved the world through the humiliation of the Cross.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Passionist preacher who spread love of the Child Jesus.
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
- Gaspar del Bufalo Saint“Salvi became friends with Gaspar del Bufalo and Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari – future pope – during the course of his studies prior to his ordination.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Lorenzo Maria Salvi
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 1 October 1989 (Lorenzo Maria Salvi); no canonisation on the Dicastery's list
- Wikidata Q4406128 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.