Blessed Carlo Acutis

Saint Carlo Acutis

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

12-Oct

Born

3 May 1991 in Barking and Dagenham, London, England

Died

12 October 2006 in Monza, Milan, Italy of leukemia; buried in the Cimitero di Assisi, Assisi, Provincia di Perugia, Umbria, Italy; re-interred on 5-6 April 2019 at the Shrine of the Spogliazione, church of Santa Maria Maggiore, in Assisi

Beatified

10 October 2020 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated at the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy with Cardinal Agostino Vallini as chief celebrant; the beatification miracle involved the 2013 healing of a child in Brazil who was healed of a pancreatic disorder

Canonized

September 7, 2025, by Pope Leo XIV at St. Peter's Square

Venerated

5 July 2018 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Carlo Acutis, born on 3 May 1991 in Barking and Dagenham, London, England, was a teenage layman in the archdiocese of Milan, Italy. He gained recognition for his profound spirituality and technological skills, particularly in creating a series of websites dedicated to Church-related supernatural events. Despite his young age, Carlo was deeply devoted to his Catholic faith, and his passion for technology served as a means to spread the message of God's love to a wider audience.