Luigi Talamoni
Catholic priest (1848-1926)
Feast: 20 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Luigi Talamoni was born at Monza on 3 October 1848, the son of a hatter. He grew up serving Mass with his father and in the oratory of the Carrobiolo.
A priest and educator of young people, he took an active part in the struggles of his society and founded the Misericordine Sisters of St Gerard.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A priest and teacher of the young who founded the Misericordine Sisters.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Luigi Talamoni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 21 March 2004
- Wikidata Q3840197 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Luigi Talamoni (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.