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Melchiorre Fordon
VenerableFull write-up
Born
5 August 1862
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Died
27 February 1927
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Venerable
21 December 2018
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 21 December 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Giuseppe Fordon, in religion Melchiorre, was a professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual; he was born at Grodno (today Belarus) on 5 August 1862 and died there on 27 February 1927. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 21 December 2018.
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 2018.
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.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2018
- 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.