Luigi Novarese
Italian beatified clergyman (1914–1984)
Feast: 20 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Luigi Novarese was born at Casale Monferrato on 29 July 1914, the last of nine children, and was ordained in the Lateran basilica on 17 December 1938. His mother taught him love for Our Lady from childhood.
In 1943 he founded the Marian Priestly League, and then the Silent Workers of the Cross. He renewed the pastoral care of the sick by making them active members of the Church, and wanted retreats to be open to all the sick.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A priest who taught the sick that they are not objects of care but apostles in the Church.
The cause
Luigi Novarese has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Blessed Luigi Novarese.
Connected on this site
- Giunio Tinarelli Venerable“A layman of Terni left an invalid by tuberculosis who became one of the first members of the Silent Workers of the Cross, the movement of sick people founded by Blessed Luigi Novarese, and died on 14 January 1956.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Luigi Novarese
- Wikidata Q3839949 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Luigi Novarese (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.