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Salvatore da Casca
VenerableFull write-up
Born
27 July 1911
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Died
31 May 1972
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Venerable
13 May 2019
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 13 May 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)
Who they were
Erminio Pinzetta, in religion Salvatore da Casca, was a professed religious of the Capuchin Friars Minor; he was born at Casca, Brazil, on 27 July 1911 and died at Flores da Cunha, Brazil, on 31 May 1972. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 13 May 2019.
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 2019.
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 2019
- 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.