Mariano of Turin
Italian priest and Capuchin friar (1906-1972)
Who they were
Paolo Roasenda was born in Turin on 22 May 1906. He took a doctorate in classical literature and taught for some years before entering the Capuchin novitiate at Fiuggi, where he took the name Mariano. He was ordained priest in 1945 at the age of thirty-nine.
He served as a chaplain in hospitals and prisons, a teacher and a confessor, and above all as a preacher, using radio, cinema and especially television to spread the greeting 'Pax et bonum'. He died in Rome on 27 March 1972 after a serious illness.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Capuchin preacher who brought the Gospel to a wide audience through Italian television.
The cause
Mariano of Turin has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Padre Mariano da Torino.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 101 (2009), pp. 419-421 - Decree on heroic virtues, 15 March 2008
- Wikidata Q3888792 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.