Giovanni Schiavo
Giovanni Schiavo, CSI (8 July 1903 – 27 January 1967) was an Italian Catholic priest in the Congregation of Saint Joseph, also known as the Murialdines.
Schiavo entered the Murialdines during World War I in 1917, and was admitted by Eugenio Reffo. He was ordained to the priesthood in Vicenza in 1927. His superiors allowed him to join the missions – and to spread the charism of the Murialdines – in Brazil, where he served from 1931 until his death several decades later.
His beatification process began under Pope John Paul II in Brazil on 28 April 2001, when he was given the title of Servant of God, and the confirmation of his life of heroic virtue allowed Pope Francis to declare him a Venerable on 14 December 2015. Francis approved a miracle to him on 1 December 2016. Schiavo was beatified in celebration held in Caxias do Sul, with Cardinal Angelo Amato presiding on 28 October 2017.
Patron saint of Missionaries; Liver cancer; Against liver cancer; Hepatitis; Against hepatitis
In the Martyrology
- January 27 Blessed Giovanni Schiavo, priest