Paul Joseph Nardini
German Roman Catholic priest, religious founder and blessed (1821–1862)
Feast: 27 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Paul Josef Nardini was born at Germersheim on the Rhine on 25 July 1821 to a single mother, Margaret Lichtenberger, who, unemployed and unable to care for him, entrusted him to her aunt, married to Anton Nardini, whose surname he took.
A diocesan priest, he founded in Germany the Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family.
The miracles
Benedict XVI recognised a miracle through his intercession on 26 June 2006; the biography does not describe it.
Why that counted as sanctity
A child of poverty, raised by relatives, who became a priest and founder.
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: Paul Josef Nardini
- Wikidata Q77837 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Paul Joseph Nardini (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.