Luigi Tezza
Italian presbyter (1841–1923)
Feast: 26 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the city of Los Reyes in Peru, Blessed Luigi Tezza, priest of the Order of Clerics Regular, Ministers of the Sick, who, to serve God among the sick, founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Saint Camillus, which he wisely set on many works of charity.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 26 September as a Camillian priest who founded the Daughters of Saint Camillus to serve God among the sick.
The cause
Luigi Tezza has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Daughters of Saint Camillus: the cause of Blessed Luigi Tezza.
Connected on this site
- Giuseppina Vannini Saint“Together with Luigi Tezza she established the religious congregation known as the Daughters of Saint Camillus.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 26 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1386508 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Luigi Tezza (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.