Luigi Novarese

Father
Luigi Novarese
Orders
Ordination 17 December 1938
Personal details
Birth name Luigi Novarese
Born (1914-07-20)July 20, 1914
Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Kingdom of Italy
Died July 29, 1984(1984-07-29) (aged 70)
Rocca Priora, Rome, Italy
Sainthood
Feast day 20 July
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Title as Saint Blessed
Beatified 11 May 2013
Rome, Lazio, Italy
by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
Attributes Cassock

Blessed Luigi Novarese (29 July 1914 - 20 July 1984) was the co-founder (with Sister Elvira Myriam Psorulla) of the Apostolate of the Suffering and The Silent Workers of the Cross. He also built several homes for those who were ill and disabled.[1]

In the first step towards sainthood, he was declared a Servant of God by Pope John Paul II on 1 July 1994. Pope Benedict XVI approved the decree of his heroic virtues on 27 March 2010 and recognized a miracle attributed to his intercession on 19 December 2011. He was beatified by on 11 May 2013 in Rome by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, representing Pope Francis.[2]

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