Vittorio Trancanelli
The Vatican record
- 27 February 2017 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2017)
Who they were
Vittorio Trancanelli (26 April 1944 – 24 June 1998) was an Italian Roman Catholic physician from Perugia. He gained a strong reputation for both his good work as a doctor and for his personal holiness which was evident in his interactions with people he worked with. Trancanelli served as a doctor in Perugia where he aided all those who were sick irrespective of circumstance or otherwise. His deep faith in God was a crucial factor in his medical career. He worked with the disabled and welcomed them into his home.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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 — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q20985898 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Vittorio Trancanelli (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.