Paolo Manna
Italian Catholic missionary
Feast: 15 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Naples, Blessed Paolo Manna, priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, who, having left his missionary ministry in Burma because of poor health, worked hard for the work of evangelization, devoting himself with great zeal to preaching the word of God and to promoting the unity of Christians.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 15 September as a missionary to Burma who went on to promote evangelization and Christian unity.
The cause
Paolo Manna has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: PIME General Postulation: the cause of Blessed Paolo Manna.
- Roman Martyrology, 15 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q245758 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Paolo Manna (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.