death_place death_date birth_place attributes venerated_in birth_date titles article_title name
san lazzaro di savena , bologna , italy 06 september 1969 pallestrina , venice , kingdom of italy cassock roman catholic church 14 june 1882 priest olinto marella
 venerable olinto marella
olinto marella

olinto marella -lrb- 14 june 1882 - 6 september 1969 -rrb- was an italian roman catholic priest who exercised his pastoral service in the archdiocese of bologna .
marella was a classmate of pope john xxiii in rome and the pope held him in high esteem and supported his pastoral initiatives .
he was proclaimed to be venerable on 27 march 2013 after pope francis recognized that he had lived a life of heroic virtue .
