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When Pier Giorgio Frassati was called from this earthly life on July 4, 1925, a maid in the Frassati home wrote on the kitchen calendar: "He was a saint and God wanted him with himself!" The enormous crowd that filled the streets on the day of his funeral revealed how accurate the maid's description would turn out to be. It wasn't long before the formal process would get underway.
In 1938, a Vatican decree allowed the cause to move forward for Servant of God Frassati. There were some hiccups along the way and it wasn't until 1987 that he was declared Venerable. Three years later, he was beatified by Pope Saint John Paul II. Following are some of the significant dates, according to Hagiography Circle:- July 2, 1932: opening of informative process
- October 23, 1935: closing of informative process
- December 21, 1938: decree on writings
- April 13, 1942 (Turin): opening of supplementary process
- April 16, 1942 (Rome): opening of supplementary process
- May 2, 1942 (Rome): closing of supplementary process
- June 30, 1942 (Turin): closing of supplementary process
- June 12, 1978: introduction of cause by Pope Saint Paul VI
- June 16, 1980: opening of apostolic process
- July 29, 1981: closing of apostolic process
- June 12, 1987: decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes
- 1987: submission of Positio to Congregation for the Causes of Saints (CCS)
- July 14, 1987: particular meeting of theological consultors
- September 28, 1987: session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS
- October 23, 1987: promulgation of decree on heroic virtues
- January 23, 1989 (Concordia-Pordenone): opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification
- January 31, 1989: closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification
- February 20, 1989: decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle
- April 26, 1989: meeting of the Medical Board
- June 30, 1989: particular meeting of theological consultors
- October 3, 1989: session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS
- December 21, 1989: promulgation of decree on miracle (rapid, instantaneous, and permanent healing of Domenico Sellan, born 1892, from Pott’s disease of the first and second lumbar vertebrae with paraplegia on December 28, 1933 at San Quirino, Pordenone)
- May 20, 1990: beatification by Pope Saint John Paul II