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Luigi Maria Raineri
VenerableFull write-up
Born
19 November 1895
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Died
24 November 1918
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Venerable
7 November 2018
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 7 November 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Luigi Maria Raineri was a professed cleric of the Clerics Regular of St Paul (Barnabites), born in Turin, Italy, on 19 November 1895, who died at Crespano, Italy, on 24 November 1918. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 7 November 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.