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Marcello Candia

VenerableFull write-up

Born

27 July 1916

verified

Died

31 August 1983

verified

Venerable

8 July 2014

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

8 July 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)

Who they were

Marcello Candia was a layman, born at Portici, Italy, on 27 July 1916, who died in Milan on 31 August 1983. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 8 July 2014.

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 2014.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2014
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.