Mario Ghibaudo
Diocesan priest, martyr at Boves
Who they were
Mario Ghibaudo was born at Borgo San Dalmazzo, near Cuneo in Italy, on 18 January 1920, was ordained priest on 19 June 1943 and was sent as parish curate to the community of Boves. He was shot dead during the reprisal of 19 September 1943, and Pope Francis beatified him on 16 October 2022.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was killed by a burst of machine-gun fire as he ran to give absolution to someone who had just been shot.
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 - giuseppe-bernardi-e-mario-ghibaudo
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 16 October 2022
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.