page_title: Giovanni Battista Quilici
section_title: Beatification
hierarchical_section_title: Giovanni Battista Quilici / Beatification
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: tomba di don Giovanni battista Quilici all'interno dell'istituto santa Maria Maddalena in Livorno
context_page_description: Giovanni Battista Quilici was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Daughters of the Crucified as well as several other religious institutions. The priest originated from Livorno where he served as a parish priest for several decades in addition to his role as a caregiver for prostitutes and ill people – he distinguished himself during an 1835 cholera epidemic that claimed his sister. He had the esteem of other noted individuals including Grand Duke Leopoldo II and Juliette Colbert.
  The beatification process commenced under Pope John Paul II in 1994 after he was titled as a Servant of God and the process culminated on 3 March 2016 after Pope Francis confirmed his life of heroic virtue and titled him as Venerable.
context_section_description: In mid-1985 a gathering of priests for a conference in Livorno requested Bishop Alberto Ablondi to consider the potential for a canonization cause for the late priest and on 27 April 1992 a formal request was made to Ablondi that a process soon be initiated. The cause commenced in Livorno under Pope John Paul II on 21 January 1994 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" ('nothing against') to the cause and titled Quilici as a Servant of God. Ablondi inaugurated the diocesan process on 17 June 1994 and oversaw its successful conclusion on 20 June 1998. The C.C.S. issued validation to this process in Rome on 12 November 1999 and received the official Positio dossier from the postulation in 2013.
  The historians met to assess the cause and issued their approval to it in a session held on 10 December 2013 while theologians followed this decision on 20 October 2015. The cardinal and bishop members likewise came to the same conclusion on 1 March 2016. On 3 March 2016 he was proclaimed to be Venerable after Pope Francis confirmed that the late Quilici had lived a model Christian life of heroic virtue.
caption: Tomb in Livorno.
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