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Mark of Aviano
Italian Capuchin priest (1631-1699)
Feast: 13 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Carlo Domenico Cristofori was born and baptised at Aviano on 17 November 1631, one of eleven children of a wealthy family, and studied with the Jesuits at Gorizia from 1643 to 1647. He became a Capuchin as Father Mark.
A great preacher of conversion and forgiveness and apostle of the act of perfect contrition, he travelled the roads of Europe calling people to faith and penance, his message confirmed by conversions and healings. He worked for the poor and sick and urged the powerful to put faith and peace before every other interest.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Capuchin preacher who called all of Europe, rulers included, to conversion and peace.
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: Marco D'Aviano
- Wikidata Q833908 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Marco d'Aviano (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.